rat snake

/ræt sneɪk/
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Definitions of rat snake
  1. noun
    any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia
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    Elaphe guttata, corn snake, red rat snake
    large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms
    Elaphe obsoleta, black rat snake, blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake
    large harmless shiny black North American snake
    chicken snake
    large North American snake
    Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus
    enter buildings in pursuit of prey
    type of:
    colubrid, colubrid snake
    mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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