jararaca

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A venomous snake of species Bothrops jararaca, found in South America.
    — The pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb, for example, found that the venom of the jararaca snake could help control high blood pressure and used it to create the drug Captopril.

词形变化

jararacas plural

词源

Borrowed from Portuguese jararaca, from Old Tupi îararaka.
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