词族 · tuatara
词形变化
英语词源
- tuatara (n.)
- New Zealand lizard, 1844, from Maori, from tua "on the back" + tara "spine."
权威例句
- 1. The tuatara of New Zealand is the only extant rhynchocephalian.
- 纽西兰的蜥蜴为目前硕果仅存的喙头类动物.
- 2. Tuatara once ranged throughout New Zealand before rats, cats, and stoats - introduced by human colonizers - wiped them out.
- 据殖民者们介绍说,大蜥蜴以前遍布新西兰,直到老鼠 、 猫和白鼬把它们挤掉.