单词 | surucucu |
释义 | surucucun. A large, venomous pit viper, Lachesis muta, native to tropical America and distinguished by black bands and blotches on a reddish-yellow skin; = bush-master n. at bush n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > member of genus Lachesis (bush-master) labaria1825 bush-master1826 mapepire1838 surucucu1845 palm viper1896 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 775/2 Surukuku,..probably the Boschmeester, or Coenicoussi, of the inhabitants of Surinam. 1883 List Animals Zool. Soc. 624 Lachesis mutus..Surucucu or Bush-master. 1910 R. L. Ditmars Reptiles of World iv. 339 This terrible creature is known under several titles—the Sirocucu, the Mapepire and the Bushmaster. 1967 Times 23 Nov. 10/7 The Indian girl..heard a surucucu coming through the undergrowth. It's the biggest poisonous snake in Brazil, and really very dangerous because it's aggressive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1845 |
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