BROWN TREE SNAKE

Meaning of BROWN TREE SNAKE in English

Function: noun

Date: 1947

: a large venomous arboreal colubrid snake ( Boiga irregularis ) of northern Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands that has been accidentally introduced into other areas (as Guam)

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

BROWN TREE SNAKE — noun Date: 1947 a large venomous arboreal colubrid snake ( Boiga irregularis ) of northern Australia, New Guinea, and the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BROWN TREE SNAKE — Date: 1947 : a large venomous arboreal colubrid snake ( Boiga irregularis ) of northern Australia, New Guinea, and the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREE — I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self-supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in most species the trunk …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English tre, tree, from Old English trēow; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROWN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TREE — — treelike , adj. /tree/ , n. , v. , treed, treeing . n. 1. a plant having a permanently …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROWN — — brownish, browny , adj. — brownness , n. /brown/ , n., adj., browner, brownest , v. n. 1. a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TREE — I. ˈtrē noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English trēow; akin to Old Norse trē tree, Greek drys, Sanskrit dāru …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BROWN — I. ˈbrau̇n adjective Etymology: Middle English broun, from Old English brūn; akin to Old High German brūn brown, Greek phrynē …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TREE — noun wood; timber. 2. tree ·noun a cross or gallows; as tyburn tree. 3. tree ·vt to drive to a …
Webster English vocab
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
BROWN — vi to become brown. 2. brown ·vt to make brown or dusky. 3. brown ·vt to make brown by scorching …
Webster English vocab
TREE — [tree] n [ME, fr. OE treow; akin to ON tre tree, Gk drys, Skt daru wood] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BROWN — [brown] adj [ME broun, fr. OE brun; akin to OHG brun brown, Gk phryne toad] (bef. 12c): of the color …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TREE — woody plant that renews its growth every year (called a perennial). Most plants classified as trees have a single self-supporting …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BROWN — brown, Brown BrE AmE braʊn ▷ browned braʊnd ▷ browner ˈbraʊn ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ brownest ˈbraʊn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TREE — / triː; NAmE / noun a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROWN — / braʊn; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( brown·er , brown·est ) 1. having the colour …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREE — tree S1 W1 /triː/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: treow ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BROWN — I. brown 1 S2 W2 /braʊn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: brun ] 1 . having …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BROWN
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BROWN
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TREE — n. & v. 1 a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BROWN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TREE — n. & v. 1. a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. …
Oxford English vocab
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
BROWN
Oxford English vocab
BROWN — ( browner, brownest, browns, browning, browned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TREE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a Christmas tree (= a decorated tree that people have in their homes at Christmas …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BROWN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brown/white etc envelope ▪ There was a large brown envelope on his desk. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TREE — n. big tree bodhi tree bo tree Christmas tree deciduous tree Joshua Tree National Park monkey puzzle tree phylogenetic tree …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TREE — Synonyms and related words : Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROWN — Synonyms and related words : Argos brown, Bordeaux, Cologne brown, Mexican red, Roman umber, Saint Benoit, Turkey umber, acorn, alesan, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TREE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROWN — n. 25B6; adjective she has brown eyes : hazel, chocolate-coloured, coffee-coloured, cocoa-coloured, nut-brown; brunette; sepia, mahogany, umber, burnt sienna; beige, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROWN
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TREE — 1. сущ. 1) а) дерево, древо in a tree ≈ на дереве (о среде обитания) on a tree ≈ на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BROWN — 1. прил. 1) коричневый; бурый brown paper ≈ грубая оберточная бумага brown powder ≈ бурый дымный порох Syn : fulvous …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TREE — tree.ogg 1. tri: n 1. 1> дерево hollow tree - дуплистое дерево fruit tree - фруктовое дерево to climb a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BROWN — brown.ogg _I 1. braʋn n 1. 1> коричневый цвет 2> коричневая краска 3> коричневая одежда или ткань 2. сл. медная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TREE — 1) дерево 2) бревно 3) стойка, подпорка 4) дерево (в теории графов) 5) древовидная структура; древовидная схема 6) древовидный дешифратор …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TREE — 1) дерево 2) бревно 3) стойка, подпорка 4) дерево (в теории графов) 5) древовидная структура; древовидная схема 6) древовидный дешифратор 7) мн. ч. дендритные образования (напр. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

← BROWN SUGAR BROWN TROUT→