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Definition of Hoop snake
1. Noun. Any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop.
Definition of Hoop snake
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoop Snake
Literary usage of Hoop snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet, London Missionary Society (1832)
"... Species of Crab—Native Generosity—Evils resulting from the Use of
Stills—Taro-Planta- tion—The Hoop-Snake—A Court of Justice—First Burning of Idols. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1910)
"hoop snake. A small specimen und an adult taken in 1S>0<>. In spite of the
vernacular name given, all the evidence seems to point to ..."
3. A Second Book of Composition for High Schools by Thomas Henry Briggs, Isabel McKinney (1919)
"It is not impossible, however; and at any rate he is as rash as if he were, for
he has made public announcement -that there is no such snake as a hoop snake ..."
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