| 单词 | water rattle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater rattle water rattle n. U.S. (now rare) = water rattler n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus or member of genus Crotalus > rattlesnake rattlesnake1624 cascabel1758 prairie rattlesnake1817 rattler1827 water rattle1832 mangrove cascabel1858 horned rattlesnake1870 sidewinder1875 prairie rattler1878 diamond rattlesnake1883 water rattler1888 diamond-back1907 timber rattler1936 1832 T. P. Lockwood Geogr. S. Carolina 132 Many species of Serpents are found in the woods..the small rattle, hognose-rattle, water-rattle, [etc.]. 1885 J. B. Holder Animate Creation 103 The Diamond Rattlesnake..inhabits damp, shady places; hence the local name, Water Rattle. 1907 R. L. Ditmars Reptile Bk. iv. xxvii. 257 They [sc. brown water snakes]..assume a striking similarity to small examples of the banded rattlesnake.., hence the appellation of ‘water rattle’, which the negroes have given the species. 1981 D. W. Linzey & M. J. Clifford Snakes Virginia 41 Two bits of folklore are associated with this species [sc. the brown water snake]. One is that it is a deadly type of rattlesnake (hence the name ‘water rattle’), although it lacks any sort of rattle. < as lemmas |
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