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Definition of House snake
1. Noun. Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes.
Generic synonyms: King Snake, Kingsnake
Lexicographical Neighbors of House Snake
Literary usage of House snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"THE house snake. This harmless serpent, from its destroying mice and various
reptiles in their dwellings and outhouses, was looked upon with great respect ..."
2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"house snake. (See Serpent.) Hi I.AKS. (See Г7/ОПЛ.) HUMPHREYS, David, U,. I >..
minister of the U. States to the court of Spain, was the son of the reverend ..."
3. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1905)
"If anyone has been bitten by a house snake, no spells or charms are of any avail.
... The house snake revenges itself for the destruction of its nest by ..."
4. Gleanings from Nature by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1899)
"According to scientists, the house snake is only a color variety of the red snake,
... Its "habits are essentially the same as those of the house snake, ..."
5. Buddhist Legends by Buddhaghosa (1921)
"So he said to himself, "It's not a poisonous snake, but a house-snake," threw it
... "Brethren, that was not a poisonous snake; it was only a house-snake. ..."
6. A Second Series of the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"THE house snake. This harmless serpent, from its destroying mice and various
reptiles in their dwellings and outhouses, was looked upon with great respect ..."
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