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词汇 whip snake
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Definition of whip snake in English:

whip snake

noun
  • Any of a number of slender fast-moving snakes which often feed on lizards and catch their prey by pursuing it.

    鞭蛇,尤指

    a venomous Australian snake (Desmansia and other genera, family Elapidae, including the widespread D. psammophis).

    a harmless snake found in Eurasia, America, and Africa (Coluber and other genera, family Colubridae, including the Eurasian C. viridiflavus).

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Whilst it can reach over a metre in length, most whip snakes are smaller than this.
    • While there I learned that a species of whip snake had been caught and brought in by a customer.
    • The black whip snake, Demansia atra (family Elapidae), is an olive-brown snake, varying in colour from quite light to very dark (almost black).
    • The only snakes I have come across in any number are whip snakes in the long grass by the roads.
    • The two native Glass Lizards of Kerkyra occur often together with whip snakes all over the island.

Definition of whip snake in US English:

whip snake

nounˈ(h)wip ˌsnāk
  • Any of a number of slender fast-moving snakes which often feed on lizards and catch their prey by pursuing it.

    鞭蛇,尤指

    a harmless snake found in Eurasia, America, and Africa (Coluber and other genera, family Colubridae, including the Eurasian C. viridiflavus)

    a venomous Australian snake (Desmansia and other genera, family Elapidae, including the widespread D. psammophis)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The two native Glass Lizards of Kerkyra occur often together with whip snakes all over the island.
    • The black whip snake, Demansia atra (family Elapidae), is an olive-brown snake, varying in colour from quite light to very dark (almost black).
    • Whilst it can reach over a metre in length, most whip snakes are smaller than this.
    • The only snakes I have come across in any number are whip snakes in the long grass by the roads.
    • While there I learned that a species of whip snake had been caught and brought in by a customer.
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