单词 | russell's viper |
释义 | > as lemmasRussell's viper attributive and in the genitive. Designating a large and dangerously venomous viper, Daboia russellii, found in India, Burma (Myanmar), and Thailand, having a yellow-brown body with black markings. Chiefly in Russell's viper.First named Coluber russellii in Russell's honour by G. Shaw in 1797. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Vipera > vipera russellii (Russell's viper) polonga1681 tic-polonga1825 Russell1832 daboya1872 1797 G. Shaw Vivarium Naturæ, or Naturalist’s Misc. VIII. pl. ccxci (caption) The Russelian Snake.] 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 48 Amongst these there are..the Puff Adder, or Short Tailed Viper (Vipera inflata), the most deadly snake of the Cape; and Russel's Viper (Col. Russeli). 1880 Destr. Life Snakes W. India 117 A specimen was brought in to Rutnagerry at least three times the size of Russell's snake. 1907 M. Power Wayside India iii. 45 The cobra is not considered so dangerous as the russel's-viper. 1922 Illustr. World Mar. 713/1 If by chance one is bitten by a cobra, or the deadly Russell viper, the only successful antidote is the venom or serum of that particular serpent. 1937 L. Bromfield Rains Came i. i. 7 They would come swarming out of old roots and crannies in the wall—the cobras, the Russell's vipers, the fierce little kraits. 1967 Progr. Medicinal Chem. 5 185 The injection of toxic agents such as compound 48/80 and Russel Viper Venom results in disruption of mast cells. 1989 M. Wiggins John Dollar (1990) ii. 73 He's the one that Edward found was thieving. Kept a Russel's viper as a pet. 2008 S. Sudhakaran Haunting Silhouettes 65 It was a Russell's Viper. Nasreen screamed, bent over her knees, the saliva slipping out of her mouth. < as lemmas |
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