10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAMOODI»
Discover the use of
camoodi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
camoodi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk, 1835-1844: ...
1 Camoodi refers to two types of constrictors. The Land-camoodi (Boa constrictor
spp.) and the VVater- camoodi, better known as the Anaconda (Eunectcs murinus
). The latter features far more commonly in Amerindian mythology and is often ...
2
Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage
... (Italy) 'money'] ca moo di (ca-mou-die) ['kamudi] n (Guyn) A very large non-
poisonous snake that crushes its victims; it is of two kinds — the LAND-CAMOODI
HMACAJUEL (Trin)) and the WATER-CAMOODI or ANACONDA (Eunectes gigas
) ...
Richard Allsopp, Jeannette Allsopp, 2003
3
Transatlantic sketches, comprising visits to the most ...
Nourished in hot swamps is the mighty camoodi, aboma or boa : he drags his
great bulk to the edge of his favourite marsh, and lies in wait for the passing deer,
or even the wandering Indian ; suddenly he twines round his victim, breaks the ...
Sir James Edward Alexander, 1833
4
The Literary Gazette: A Weekly Journal of Literature, ...
Nourished In hot swamps U the mighty camoodi, aboma, or boa: he drags his
great bulk to the edge of his favourite marsh, and lies in wait for the passing deer,
or even the wandering Indian; suddenly he twines round his victim, breaks the ...
William Jerdan, Lovell Augustus Reeve, John Mounteney Jephson, 1833
5
Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest
... huge sinuous rope of white mist suspended from its summit; as if the guardian
camoodi of the mountain had been a league-long spectral serpent which was
now dropping its coils from the mighty stone table to frighten away the rash
intruder.
William Henry Hudson, 2010
We actually saw and chased a camoodi, alive and wild. ('Land camoodi' and '
water camoodi' are the local names for the large constrictor snakes more
commonly known outside the colony as the boa constrictor and anaconda.)
Admittedly it ...
Zahra Dickson Freeth, 1960
7
The Model Book of Natural History: Comprising Descriptions ...
Speaking of snakes as found by him in Guiana, Im Thurn remarks as follows: “
The most dreaded of the common kinds are the two species of boa, called
respectively the land-camoodi and the water-camoodi. . . “ The land-camoodi is
seldom ...
Charles Conrad Abbott, 1887
He was sprinting so fast he nearly passed his father, who was standing quietly by
the edge of the small stream. Ronald stared at what lay at his father's feet. A 20
foot long camoodi! Dead. Terribly clawed and mauled, almost to shreds !
9
Land of waters: explorations in the natural history of ...
At one point we met a ten foot long anaconda snake (here called camoodi) and a
smaller caiman tied up with string as they had been caught 'fighting' by an excited
crowd. The camoodi broke loose as I tried to photograph it and escaped back ...
10
Timehri: The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and ...
In the Museum a short time back, a brief but decisive combat took place between
a small land-camoodi {Boa constrictor) nearly three feet in length and a large
yellow-tail (Spilotes corais) about eight feet long. The yellow-tail was placed in
the ...
Sir Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn, James Rodway, 1887
