Meanings
nounthunder snake (plural thunder snakes)
plural thunder snakes
- Any of various North American snakes.
- Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus, the broad-banded copperhead.
- Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
- Lampropeltis getula getula, the eastern kingsnake.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsmall reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States
Similar
worm snakeCarphophis amoenus
Broader
colubrid snakecolubrid
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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