SHIELDTAIL

Meaning of SHIELDTAIL in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

: a small Oriental burrowing snake of the family Uropeltidae having a large scute on the tail

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SHIELDTAIL — (n.) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They have a …
Английский словарь Webster
SHIELDTAIL — ( n. ) Any species of small burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, native of Ceylon and Southern Asia. They …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHIELDTAIL — noun any species of small burrowing snakes of the family uropeltidae, native of ceylon and southern asia. they have a …
Webster English vocab
SHIELDTAIL SNAKE — any of more than 40 species of burrowing, southern Asian snakes of the family Uropeltidae. Shieldtail snakes are harmless, short …
Britannica English vocabulary
RHINOPHIS — ˈrīnəfə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from rhin- + -ophis : a genus of shieldtail snakes of the family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHIELD-TAILED SNAKE — /sheeld"tayld'/ any of several burrowing snakes of the family Uropeltidae, of the Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka, having a tail …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
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