water adder

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A water mocassin (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a venomous aquatic snake of North America.
  2. Any of species Natrix natrix of non-venomous European sbakes.
  3. Any aquatic snake, such as:; A northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon), a non-venomous American snake.
  4. Any aquatic snake, such as:; A crab-eating water snake or white-bellied mangrove snake (Fordonia leucobalia), a venomous snake of south Asia.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, adder.

词形变化

water adders plural water-adder alternative wateradder alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
prairie water adder

词源

From Middle English water addre, watyradyr, watir edyr, alteration (see adder) of water neddyr, watyrnedyre, from Old English wæternædre, wæternǣdre, equivalent to water + adder. Cognate with Dutch wateradder (“wateradder”), German Wassernatter (“watersnake”).
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