蠕形壳蛇

[ noun ]
small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
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Thunder \Thun"der\, n. [OE. [thorn]under, [thorn]onder,
[thorn]oner, AS. [thorn]unor; akin to [thorn]unian to
stretch, to thunder, D. donder thunder, G. donner, OHG.
donar, Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, L. tonare to thunder,
tonitrus thunder, Gr. to`nos a stretching, straining, Skr.
tan to stretch. [root]52. See {Thin}, and cf. {Astonish},
{Detonate}, {Intone}, {Thursday}, {Tone}.]
1. The sound which follows a flash of lightning; the report
of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

2. The discharge of electricity; a thunderbolt. [Obs.]

The revenging gods
'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.
--Shak.

3. Any loud noise; as, the thunder of cannon.

4. An alarming or statrling threat or denunciation.

The thunders of the Vatican could no longer strike
into the heart of princes. --Prescott.

{Thunder pumper}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The croaker ({Haploidontus grunniens}).
(b) The American bittern or stake-driver.

{Thunder rod}, a lightning rod. [R.]

{Thunder snake}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The chicken, or milk, snake.
(b) A small reddish ground snake ({Carphophis am[oe]na}
syn. {Celuta am[oe]na}) native to the Eastern United
States; -- called also {worm snake}.

{Thunder tube}, a fulgurite. See {Fulgurite}.