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snakestone

['sneikstəun]

n. 菊石（据说可汲出蛇毒）

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.