hoop snakes

A form of hoop snake — A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of hoop snake
Cite this entry
APA

hoop snakes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoop%20snakes

MLA

“hoop snakes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoop%20snakes. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoop snakes,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoop%20snakes.

Source: hoop snakes on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.