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Definition of Surucucu
1. n. See Bush master, under Bush.
Definition of Surucucu
1. Noun. A venomous pit viper, the bushmaster. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surucucu
1. the bushmaster snake [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surucucu
Literary usage of Surucucu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Folk-lorist: Journal of the Chicago Folk-lore Society by Chicago Folk-lore Society (1892)
"The surucucu, they say, is a heavy sleeper, and of this fact, ... The fact is
that the surucucu takes shelter in these ants' holes, on whom, perhaps, ..."
2. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1861)
"... from which its name of surucucu ... Lachesis mutus, L. Called surucucu ; it
lives in holes together with ..."
3. Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold by Richard Francis Burton (1869)
"... before I could secure it, a fine specimen of the surucucu, or C, ... the Crotalus
mutus of Linnaeus, the Bothrops surucucu of Spix and Martins, ..."
4. Brazil in 1912 by J. C. Oakenfull (1913)
"It is, like the surucucu tapete (carpet snake), very venomous. This latter reaches
over 2 metres in length, ..."
5. A Year in Brazil: With Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of by Hastings Charles Dent (1886)
"Giboia, boa constrictor, plentiful in the forests near Pitanguy. surucucu, Lachesis
... surucucu bico de jacca, Lachesis muta. ..."
6. The Folk-lorist: Journal of the Chicago Folk-lore Society by Chicago Folk-lore Society (1892)
"The surucucu, they say, is a heavy sleeper, and of this fact, ... The fact is
that the surucucu takes shelter in these ants' holes, on whom, perhaps, ..."
7. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1861)
"... from which its name of surucucu ... Lachesis mutus, L. Called surucucu ; it
lives in holes together with ..."
8. Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil: With a Full Account of the Gold by Richard Francis Burton (1869)
"... before I could secure it, a fine specimen of the surucucu, or C, ... the Crotalus
mutus of Linnaeus, the Bothrops surucucu of Spix and Martins, ..."
9. Brazil in 1912 by J. C. Oakenfull (1913)
"It is, like the surucucu tapete (carpet snake), very venomous. This latter reaches
over 2 metres in length, ..."
10. A Year in Brazil: With Notes on the Abolition of Slavery, the Finances of by Hastings Charles Dent (1886)
"Giboia, boa constrictor, plentiful in the forests near Pitanguy. surucucu, Lachesis
... surucucu bico de jacca, Lachesis muta. ..."
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