macajuelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin American Spanish [Term?], ultimately from a Native American language.

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɑk.ɑ.wɛl/, /mæk.ə.wɛl/

名詞

macajuel (複数形 macajuels)

1. (chiefly Trinidad かつ Tobago) A Boa constrictor.
   • 2001, Hans E. A. Boos, The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago, Texas A&M University Press (→ISBN), page 57:

     Danger is also attributed to their breath — no macajuel should "blow" on [some]one. […] This belief persists and is attributable to the fact that an enraged or injured macajuel will hiss and "blow" loudly.

   • 2015, Sabrina Ramnanan, Nothing Like Love (→ISBN), page 246:

     "Macajuels ain't poisonous." She glanced over his shoulder into the distance. Faizal frowned. How did they know so much about snakes?