单词 | rat snake |
释义 | > as lemmasrat snake rat snake n. any of various harmless constricting snakes of the genera Ptyas, Elaphe, and some other genera of the family Colubridae, which feed on rats and other rodents; esp. P. mucosus of South Asia and the large E. obsoleta of eastern North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types of worm-kinc893 slow-wormOE hagworm?c1475 salpege1569 scytale1572 house snake1608 porphyre1608 ellops1667 sea-serpent1672 tree-serpent1731 boyuna1763 whip-snake1774 garter-snake1775 switch-snake1791 argus-snake1802 rat snake1818 skaapsteker1818 sea-snake1827 short-tail1879 roof-snake1884 brown snake1896 herald-snake1910 night snake1918 parrot snake1931 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Elaphe (rat-snake) chicken snake1698 Aesculapian1763 house snake1807 rat snake1818 pilot snake1854 fox-snake1857 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Pytas (dhaman) rat snake1818 dhaman1878 1818 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 108 304 I first observed it in the rock-snake and the rat-snake, two species of coluber, frequently found from eight to ten feet long. 1882 C. C. Hopley Snakes iv. 85 The rat snake..and the Clothonia of India are ‘said’ to suck the teats of cows. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 July 495/1 The local natives all think that the dhaman or ‘rat snake’, is the female of the cobra. 1991 Nature Canada Summer 24/2 The black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta)..has been observed warming itself in the sun, and then returning to share the stored solar energy with its eggs. < as lemmas |
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