Meanings
nouncarpet snake (plural carpet snakes)
plural carpet snakes
- A harmless snake found in New Guinea and Australia, the carpet python (Morelia spilota) and its six to eight subspecies.
- A harmless colubrid species of snake found in North America, a pine snake (Pituophis melanoleucus).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAustralian python with a variegated pattern on its back
Similar
Python variegatusMorelia spilotes variegatus
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 地毯蟒, 地氈蟒 /地毡蟒
- 地毯蟒 (dìtǎnmǎng)Morella spilota
- 地氈蟒 /地毡蟒 (dìzhānmǎng)Morella spilota
- 佛羅里達松蛇 /佛罗里达松蛇 (Fóluólǐdá sōngshé)Pituophis melanoleucus
Finnish mattopyton, härkäkäärme
- mattopytonMorella spilota
- härkäkäärmePituophis melanoleucus
French python tapis
- python tapisMorella spilota
Portuguese pitão-carpete, píton-carpete
- pitão-carpeteMorella spilota
- píton-carpeteMorella spilota
- cobra-pinho-do-nortePituophis melanoleucus
Russian ковро́вый пито́н, сосно́вая змея́
- ковро́вый пито́н (kovróvyj pitón)Morella spilota
- сосно́вая змея́ (sosnóvaja zmejá)Pituophis melanoleucus
- обыкнове́нная сосно́вая змея́ (obyknovénnaja sosnóvaja zmejá)Pituophis melanoleucus
Cite this entry
APA
carpet snake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpet%20snake
MLA
“carpet snake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpet%20snake. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carpet snake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carpet%20snake.
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