Bull–snake
any of several large North American constrictors of the genus Pituophis, as the gopher snake and pine snake, that feed chiefly upon small rodents.
Historical Examples
Chicken Little Jane on the Big John Lily Munsell Ritchie
Pathfinder Alan Douglas
A Tramp’s Notebook Morley Roberts
Growing Nuts in the North Carl Weschcke
A Master’s Degree Margaret Hill McCarter
Growing Nuts in the North Carl Weschcke
A Master’s Degree Margaret Hill McCarter
A Master’s Degree Margaret Hill McCarter
A Master’s Degree Margaret Hill McCarter
noun
any burrowing North American nonvenomous colubrid snake of the genus Pituophis, typically having yellow and brown markings Also called gopher snake
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