spuugslangn.

Brit.

/ˈspuːɡslaŋ/, U.S.

/ˈspuɡˌslæŋ/, South African English

/ˈspuːxslʌŋ/

Forms: Also spoew-slang, spoog-slang, spug-slang, spuw-slang, etc.

Etymology: < Afrikaans spuugslang, spoegslang, < spu(ug), spoe(g) to spit + slang snake.

South African.

= rinkhals n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > hemachatus or spitting cobra

spuugslang1789

rinkhals1793

spitting cobra1910

spitting cobra1931

1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 165 The Spoog Slang, or Spitting Snake.

1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. i. vii. 95 A very rare sort of serpent, called here the spugslang (the spurting snake)..is from three to four feet long, of a black colour, and..when attacked it will spurt out its venom.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 299/1 It shares with the cobra a third Dutch name, that of ‘spuw slang’ (spitting snake).

1923 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales 34 He gave us half-a-crown for a spuugh-slange—a kind of snake.

1931 R. L. Ditmars Snakes of World xiii. 172 Another name [for the ringhals] is Spoew-slang, applied from the reptile's ‘spitting’ its poison.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spuugslang
释义	spuugslangn. Brit. /ˈspuːɡslaŋ/, U.S. /ˈspuɡˌslæŋ/, South African English /ˈspuːxslʌŋ/ Forms: Also spoew-slang, spoog-slang, spug-slang, spuw-slang, etc. Etymology: < Afrikaans spuugslang, spoegslang, < spu(ug), spoe(g) to spit + slang snake. South African. = rinkhals n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > hemachatus or spitting cobra spuugslang1789 rinkhals1793 spitting cobra1910 spitting cobra1931 1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 165 The Spoog Slang, or Spitting Snake. 1812 A. Plumptre tr. H. Lichtenstein Trav. S. Afr. I. i. vii. 95 A very rare sort of serpent, called here the spugslang (the spurting snake)..is from three to four feet long, of a black colour, and..when attacked it will spurt out its venom. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 299/1 It shares with the cobra a third Dutch name, that of ‘spuw slang’ (spitting snake). 1923 R. Kipling Land & Sea Tales 34 He gave us half-a-crown for a spuugh-slange—a kind of snake. 1931 R. L. Ditmars Snakes of World xiii. 172 Another name [for the ringhals] is Spoew-slang, applied from the reptile's ‘spitting’ its poison. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1789
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