English Explanatory Dictionary

rat snake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the Northern Hemisphere, primarily feeding on rodents and birds.

Pronunciation

/ɹæt sneɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rat snake.wav

Word forms

rat snake rat snakes ratsnake

Synonyms

chicken snake

Related words

rat terrier

Derived words

Baja California rat snake beauty rat snake black rat snake Dione's rat snake eastern ratsnake European rat snake European ratsnake gray rat snake grey rat snake Gray's rat snake Great Plains rat snake Hardwicke's rat snake Indian rat snake Japanese rat snake Mandarin rat snake Oriental rat snake Persian rat snake Philippine rat snake red rat snake rhicoceros rat snake rhino rat snake steppe rat snake steppes rat snake Texas rat snake Trans-Pecos rat snake western rat snake yellow-red rat snake
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