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rosy boa

rosy boa

8.9
A small gentle snake with pinkish bands that lives among desert rocks
  • noun
  • /ˈroʊzi boʊə/
  • US
translation icon : boa rosada
  • Many reptile enthusiasts enjoy keeping a rosy boa as a pet due to its gentle nature.

Examples

  • In the wild, a rosy boa can camouflage itself among the desert stones.

  • His snake is a Rosy boa.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Komodo dragons, big ball pythons, and rosy boas.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The rosy boa is often found basking in the sun on warm rocks.

Synonyms

Lichanura trivirgata
vsrosy boa
  • Specialized
9.9

A small nonvenomous snake from the rocky deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico

uses the common English name rather than the Latin form

Surface Forms

rosy boa singular
rosy boas plural

Morphology

rosy + boa

The compound 'rosy boa' is a straightforward color + animal naming pattern: a 'boa' that is 'rosy' in color. This compositional pattern is common across languages and would be immediately inferable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Rosy boa gets its name from the snake's soft pink or rosy color and the word boa for a kind of snake. So the name gives a simple picture: a pinkish 'snake'.