| 单词 | black racer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack racer c. Any of numerous fast-moving colubrid snakes, typically long and slender; esp. any of various North American snakes of the genera Coluber and Masticophis, spec. (more fully black racer) the common C. constrictor. Frequently with distinguishing word.green racer: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > miscellaneous types of > member of genus Masticophis whip-snake1774 switch-snake1791 racer1818 coach-whip1827 prairie snake1832 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > genus or member of genus Coluber > coluber constrictor (racer) blacksnake1694 runner1795 racer1818 1818 Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3 446 Coluber velox... (Racer Snake.) Black, belly white, tail blue underneath, 8 feet long, slender, very swift. 1868 T. F. Cronise Nat. Wealth Calif. 484 The ‘Green Racer’..is an olive-green snake, yellow beneath, three feet long, and found everywhere west of the Sierra. 1900 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1898 794 The Zamenis constrictor is the ‘black snake’ of the East and the ‘blue’ and ‘green racer’ of the West. 1954 R. C. Stebbins Amphibians & Reptiles Western N. Amer. 373/2 When foraging, like most racers, the head and neck are held well above the ground. 1983 J. C. Daniel Indian Reptiles 78 Fasciolated Ratsnake or Banded Racer. Argyrogena fasciolatus (Shaw). Harmless. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 200/2 The Northern black racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor ) does not grow much longer than 6 feet. < as lemmas |
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