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HOUSE SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does house snake mean?
• HOUSE SNAKE (noun)
The noun HOUSE SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
Familiarity information: HOUSE SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
checkered adder; house snake; Lampropeltis triangulum; milk adder; milk snake
Hypernyms ("house snake" is a kind of...):
king snake; kingsnake (any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals)
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