| 单词 | spreading adder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspreading adder spreading adder n. U.S. a hognose snake (genus Heterodon), which characteristically raises its head and flattens and expands its neck when threatened; = puff adder n. 2; cf. spread adder n. at spread adj. Compounds 2, spread head n. 1. 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 1836 Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. N.Y. 3 174 I heard..tales of various reptiles; of the dangerous bite of the cotton-mouth, the moccason, the spreading adder, and many other snakes. 1931 W. Faulkner in Amer. Mercury Mar. 261/2 Her mouth pursed out like a spreading adder's, like a rubber mouth. 2008 J. Gill in Harvard Rev. 116 The spreading adder was not poisonous, but it terrified us. < as lemmas |
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