rat snake

rat snake
noun
any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Hyponyms:

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noun
: any of numerous rat-eating colubrid snakes: as
a. : any member of a common Indian genus (Ptyas) of snakes that enter buildings in pursuit of their prey
b. : any member of a No. American genus (Elaphe) of large constricting snakes that include the widely known pilot black snake and the chicken snake

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any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds. Also called house snake.
[1855-60]

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rat snake noun
Any of several rodent-eating colubrid snakes, esp of the S Asian genus Ptyas, or the N American Elaphe
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Main Entry: ↑rat

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rat snake,
any one of various snakes, such as the corn snake and the chicken snake of North America, that kill rats and other rodents and are sometimes domesticated for this purpose.

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n. a harmless constricting snake that feeds on rats and other small mammals. ● Several genera and species in the family Colubridae: genus Elaphe of America, in particular E. obsoleta, and genera Ptyas and Argyrogena of Asia (also called racer), in particular P. mucosus

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