wart snakeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

wart snake (複数形 wart snakes)

1. Any of various primitive aquatic snakes in the monotypic family Acrochordidae (the single genus Acrochordus).
   • 1987, Elena Marcon, Manuel Mongini, World Encyclopedia of Animals, page 158,

     Acrochordus javanicus of Java (illustrated here) like the other wart snakes hunts fish and for this reason has modified its teeth into long fangs.

   • 1998, Lenny Flank, Snakes: Their Care and Keeping, page 51,

     The acrochordids or wart snakes, have only one genus, with three species. All of these are found in Southeast Asia and Australasia.

   • 2008, Mark Mitchell, Thomas N. Tully Jr., Manual of Exotic Pet Practice, page 142,

     Wart snakes are adapted to aquatic systems and prey almost exclusively on fish.

使用する際の注意点

The family has not always been defined to be monotypic. See also Category:Acrochordidae by taxonomic synonyms on Wikipedia.

同意語

• (snake of family Acrochordidae): acrochordid, file snake

派生語

• Javan wart snake (=elephant trunk snake, Javan file snake) (Acrochordus javanicus)

参考

• file snake