snakestone

['sneikstəun]
  • n. 菊石（据说可汲出蛇毒）
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英文词源

snakestone (n.)
"fossil ammonite," 1660s, from snake (n.) + stone (n.). So-called from the old popular notion that they were coiled snakes petrified.