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Definition of Kingsnake
1. Noun. Any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals.
Generic synonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Lampropeltis, Lampropeltis
Specialized synonyms: Common Kingsnake, Lampropeltis Getulus, Checkered Adder, House Snake, Lampropeltis Triangulum, Milk Adder, Milk Snake
Definition of Kingsnake
1. Noun. Any of various colubrid snake of the genus ''Lampropeltis'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kingsnake
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingsnake
Literary usage of Kingsnake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1904)
"A native of South America, the kingsnake iH between five and eight feet long ...
Within five minutes from the opening cf the fight, the kingsnake could kill ..."
2. Servants of the King by Robert Elliott Speer (1909)
"And lo, there was a kingsnake, not more than two and a half feet long, ...
The striped little kingsnake was entwined in and out of this ball, ..."
3. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"Has the broadest ecological range of any Arizona reptile except the gopher snake;
but not seen by us on grassland flats in the SSV. COMMON KiNGSNAKE- ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1868)
"Reproduction in the Mole kingsnake, 83(2), 1980. pp. ... Texas 77001 ABSTRACT
The eggs and hatchlings of the mole kingsnake, Lampropeltis calligaster ..."
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