| 单词 | spread-head snake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspread-head snake 1. A hognose snake (genus Heterodon), which characteristically raises and inflates its head and neck and hisses loudly when threatened. Also spread-head snake.Cf. spread adder n. at spread adj. Compounds 2, spreading adder n. at spreading adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Heterodon (hog-nose) hognose1737 hog-nosed snake?a1808 spreading adder1836 adder1842 spread head1844 puff adder1882 blowing adder1884 spread adder1902 1844 J. Lewis Young Kate I. xi. 83 'Twas like the mixin' of a blacksmith's bellows and the hissing of a thousand spreadhead snakes. 1891 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 3 Sept. 2/4 Howard Davis Jr...declares he plowed up and killed..38 spread-head snakes. 1958 R. Conant Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians U.S. viii. 138 These [sc. hognose snakes] are the ‘spreadheads’ that flatten their heads and necks, hiss loudly, and inflate their bodies with air. 2012 S. Simon Strange Creatures 40 Its [sc. the eastern hognose snake's] local names include puff adder, sand viper, and spreadhead. < as lemmas |
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