English Explanatory Dictionary

wolf snake

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere.
  2. Any snake of the genus Lycodon.

Word forms

wolf snake wolf snakes

Etymology

A partial calque of translingual Lycodon (literally “wolf-tooth”).

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