English Explanatory Dictionary

hoop snake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.
  2. Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.:
  3. Farancia abacura (horn snake, mud snake)
  4. Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake)
  5. bandy-bandy

Word forms

hoop snake hoop snakes

Related words

joint snake ouroboros
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