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Hoop snake   /hup sneɪk/   Listen
Hoop snake

noun
1.
Any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop.





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"Hoop snake" Quotes from Famous Books



... called the mud snakes, from the fact that they are abundant in swamps. They burrow in the mud. The Red-bellied Snake is also called the Rainbow Snake, Mud Snake, Horn Snake and Hoop Snake. ...
— Pathfinder - or, The Missing Tenderfoot • Alan Douglas


Words linked to "Hoop snake" :   colubrid snake, colubrid


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