scarlet snake

noun

Cemophora coccinea, a non-venomous colubrid snake of the southeastern United States, having a gray body with black-bordered blotches of red.

Meanings

nounscarlet snake (plural scarlet snakes)

plural scarlet snakes

  1. Cemophora coccinea, a non-venomous colubrid snake of the southeastern United States, having a gray body with black-bordered blotches of red.
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