Found 2 hits - Term: snake killer, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
snake \snake\, n. as. snaca; akin to lg. snake, schnake, icel.
sn=akr, sn?kr, dan. snog, sw. snok; of uncertain origin.
zool.
any species of the order ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. see ophidia, and serpent.
1913 webster
note: snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
1913 webster
blind snake, garter snake, green snake, king snake,
milk snake, rock snake, water snake, etc. see under
blind, garter, etc.
fetich snake zool., a large african snake python
sebae used by the natives as a fetich.
ringed snake zool., a common european columbrine snake
tropidonotus natrix.
snake eater. zool.
a the markhoor.
b the secretary bird.
snake fence, a worm fence which see. u.s.
snake fly zool., any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus rhaphidia; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
snake gourd bot., a cucurbitaceous plant trichosanthes
anguina having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
snake killer. zool.
a the secretary bird.
b the chaparral cock.
snake moss bot., the common club moss lycopodium
clavatum. see lycopodium.
snake nut bot., the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
ophiocaryon paradoxum of guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
tree snake zool., any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus dendrophis and allied
genera.
1913 webster
see also:
ophidia serpent blind snake garter snake green snake king snake
milk snake rock snake water snake blind garter
fetich snake python sebae ringed snake tropidonotus natrix snake eater
snake fence snake fly rhaphidia snake gourd trichosanthes anguina
snake killer snake moss lycopodium clavatum lycopodium snake nut
ophiocaryon paradoxum tree snake dendrophis
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
chaparral \cha`parral"\, n. sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen
oak.
1. a thicket of low evergreen oaks.
1913 webster
2. an almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets
of thorny shrubs and brambles.
1913 webster
chaparral cock; fem. chaparral hen zool., a bird of the
cuckoo family geococcyx californianus, noted for
running with great speed. it ranges from california to
mexico and eastward to texas; -- called also road
runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. it
is the state bird of new mexico.
1913 webster +pjc chapati
see also:
chaparral cock chaparral hen geococcyx californianus road runner ground cuckoo churea
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