common kingsnake

noun

Lampropeltis getula, a harmless colubrid kingsnake endemic to much of warm temperate northern Mexico and the United States.

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bastard horn snakeblack kingsnakeblack moccasinCarolina kingsnakechain kingsnakechain snakecommon chain snakecow sucker
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Meanings

nouncommon kingsnake (countable and uncountable, plural common kingsnakes)

plural common kingsnakes

  1. countableuncountableLampropeltis getula, a harmless colubrid kingsnake endemic to much of warm temperate northern Mexico and the United States.

    Synonyms: bastard horn snake, black kingsnake, black moccasin, Carolina kingsnake, chain kingsnake, chain snake, common chain snake, cow sucker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLampropeltis getula, a harmless colubrid kingsnake endemic to much of warm temperate northern Mexico and the United States.

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bastard horn snakeblack kingsnakeblack moccasinCarolina kingsnakechain kingsnakechain snakecommon chain snakecow suckereastern kingsnakehorse racerkingsnakemaster snakeNorth American kingsnakeoakleaf rattlerpied piperpied snakepine snakeracerrattlesnake pilotthunder-and-lightning snake

More synonyms by meaning

nounwidespread in United States except northern regions; black or brown with yellow bands

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Lampropeltis getulus
Broader
king snakekingsnake
Also see
eastern kingsnake

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From common + kingsnake.

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Translations

Polish lancetogłów królewski
  • lancetogłów królewskiLampropeltis getula
Russian обыкнове́нная короле́вская змея́
  • обыкнове́нная короле́вская змея́ (obyknovénnaja korolévskaja zmejá)Lampropeltis getula
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