| 单词 | water rattler |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater rattler water rattler n. U.S. (a) the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus (now rare); (b) any of several non-venomous water snakes thought to resemble this, esp. the brown water snake, Nerodia taxispilota. 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 1888 J. S. Kingsley Riverside Nat. Hist. III. 401 The reptile is commonly known as the water-rattler in some portions of the south, though the name diamond-rattler..is more general. 1904 Forestry & Irrigation 10 210/1 In the south they flounder through the gloomy swamps of cypress and black gum,..made nimble of foot by occasionally running upon a moccasin or water-rattler coiled on a tussock. 1931 W. L. Haltom Alabama Reptiles (Geol. Surv. Alabama) 73 They have the habit of coiling in a nearly circular fashion, and when in this position assume a striking similarity to small examples of the banded rattlesnake.., hence the appellation of ‘Water rattler’. 2008 J. B. Jensen et al. Amphibians & Reptiles of Georgia 384/1 The brown watersnake is commonly called water pilot, water rattler, pied-bellied water snake, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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