单词 | fox snake |
释义 | fox snake in American English US a common, harmless rat snake (Elaphe vulpina), with a yellowish background color and dark blotches on the back fox snake in American Englishnoun a brown-blotched nonvenomous snake, Elaphe vulpina, of north-central U.S., that vibrates its tail and emits a pungent odor when disturbed Word origin [1855–60; appar. so called from its reddish color]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: boilerplate, keyword, lavabo, output, specialist |
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