blue-tonguedadj.

Brit.

/ˈbluːtʌŋd/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌtəŋɡd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., tongued adj.

Etymology: < blue adj. + tongued adj.

1. blue-tongued lizard chiefly Australian = blue-tongued skink at sense 2.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Tiliqua (blue-tongue)

scincoid lizard1790

scincoid1831

blue-tongued lizard1848

sleepy lizard1883

bluetongue1892

blue-tongued skink1914

1848 W. Carron Jrnl. 26 Dec. in Narr. Exped. Rockingham Bay & Cape York (1849) 74 The natives..gave us a blue-tongued lizard, which I opened and took out eleven young ones, which we roasted and ate.

1887 F. McCoy Prodromus Zool. Victoria II. 120 ‘Blue-tongued Lizard’ or ‘Sleepy Lizard’.

1917 W. Saville-Kent in C. J. Cornish et al. Birds of Other Lands iii. iii. 182 In common with the majority of its allies, the blue-tongued lizard is viviparous.

1951 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Feb. 12/2 When, at blow-up, the ‘pannikin’ succeeded in bringing him back to life he crawled back to work like a blue-tongued lizard.

2003 C. Arnold Uluru 25 The blue-tongued lizard is a fat, medium-sized lizard found across much of Australia.

2. blue-tongued skink any of several large, heavy-bodied skinks of the genus Tiliqua, native chiefly to Australia, and characterized by a large blue tongue used in defensive display.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Tiliqua (blue-tongue)

scincoid lizard1790

scincoid1831

blue-tongued lizard1848

sleepy lizard1883

bluetongue1892

blue-tongued skink1914

1914 E. G. Boulenger Reptiles & Batrachians iv. Pl. facing p. 87 Blue-tongued Skink, Tiliqua scincoides.

1957 K. P. Schmidt & R. F. Inger Living Reptiles of World 129/1 The large blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua scincoides.., of Australia normally has around ten young at a time.

1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) II. lvi. 1309/2 The rather large lizard Tiliqua scincoides (Australian blue-tongued skink)..has no significant physiologic regulation of body temperature.

2009 R. Bjorklund Lizards ii. 20 The blue-tongued skink is an easy-to-care-for lizard, but it does need a large cage with many hiding places.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue-tongued
释义	blue-tonguedadj. Brit. /ˈbluːtʌŋd/, U.S. /ˈbluˌtəŋɡd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., tongued adj. Etymology: < blue adj. + tongued adj. 1. blue-tongued lizard chiefly Australian = blue-tongued skink at sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Tiliqua (blue-tongue) scincoid lizard1790 scincoid1831 blue-tongued lizard1848 sleepy lizard1883 bluetongue1892 blue-tongued skink1914 1848 W. Carron Jrnl. 26 Dec. in Narr. Exped. Rockingham Bay & Cape York (1849) 74 The natives..gave us a blue-tongued lizard, which I opened and took out eleven young ones, which we roasted and ate. 1887 F. McCoy Prodromus Zool. Victoria II. 120 ‘Blue-tongued Lizard’ or ‘Sleepy Lizard’. 1917 W. Saville-Kent in C. J. Cornish et al. Birds of Other Lands iii. iii. 182 In common with the majority of its allies, the blue-tongued lizard is viviparous. 1951 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Feb. 12/2 When, at blow-up, the ‘pannikin’ succeeded in bringing him back to life he crawled back to work like a blue-tongued lizard. 2003 C. Arnold Uluru 25 The blue-tongued lizard is a fat, medium-sized lizard found across much of Australia. 2. blue-tongued skink any of several large, heavy-bodied skinks of the genus Tiliqua, native chiefly to Australia, and characterized by a large blue tongue used in defensive display. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Lacertilia (lizards) > [noun] > family Scincidae > member of genus Tiliqua (blue-tongue) scincoid lizard1790 scincoid1831 blue-tongued lizard1848 sleepy lizard1883 bluetongue1892 blue-tongued skink1914 1914 E. G. Boulenger Reptiles & Batrachians iv. Pl. facing p. 87 Blue-tongued Skink, Tiliqua scincoides. 1957 K. P. Schmidt & R. F. Inger Living Reptiles of World 129/1 The large blue-tongued skink, Tiliqua scincoides.., of Australia normally has around ten young at a time. 1974 V. B. Mountcastle et al. Med. Physiol. (ed. 13) II. lvi. 1309/2 The rather large lizard Tiliqua scincoides (Australian blue-tongued skink)..has no significant physiologic regulation of body temperature. 2009 R. Bjorklund Lizards ii. 20 The blue-tongued skink is an easy-to-care-for lizard, but it does need a large cage with many hiding places. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1848
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