king snake

noun
\ ˈkiŋ-ˌsnāk How to pronounce king snake (audio) \
variants: or kingsnake

Definition of king snake

: any of various brightly marked nonvenomous colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis) chiefly of North and Central America that have glossy, smooth scales and usually a striped, blotched, or speckled pattern and that typically feed on rodents, birds, frogs, lizards, eggs, and other snakes — see milk snake

Examples of king snake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Initially thinking the serpent was a harmless king snake, Phillips decided to catch it and give the snake as a gift to his older brother, who has owned snakes in the past, WTOK-News reported. Madeline Farber, Fox News, "Alabama man paralyzed, 'fighting for his life' after coral snake bite, family says," 11 May 2018

First Known Use of king snake

1709, in the meaning defined above

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