tuatara的意思

tuatara

英式音标[,tʊə'tɑrə]
美式英标[,tuːə'tɑːrə]

基本解释

n. 大蜥蜴（产于新西兰）

英文词源

tuatara (n.): New Zealand lizard, 1844, from Maori, from tua "on the back" + tara "spine."

实用例句

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.

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