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Definition of Milk snake

1. Noun. Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes.

Definition of Milk snake

1. Noun. Any of various snakes, ''Lampropeltis triangulum'', with smooth and shiny scales and typically a pattern of colours that runs red-black-yellow or white-black-red. ¹

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Literary usage of Milk snake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The common milk snake attains a length of three and a half feet, ... Habits of the milk snake From the habit of prowling about the vicinity of stables and ..."

2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents: Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"Where is the milk snake found? Why is it called milk snake? ... Can the milk snake climb a tree? 3. Where does the mother snake lay her eggs? ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1876)
"In walking through a canon about two miles east of Oakland, Cal., one spring morning, I met with a fine specimen of the California milk-snake (Lampropeltis ..."

4. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Many names are applied to this species, among which are King Snake, Red Milk Snake, Coral or Corral Snake, Ring Snake, Harlequin Snake, etc. ..."

5. The Reptiles of the Pacific Coast and Great Basin: An Account of the Species by John Van Denburgh (1897)
"Many names are applied to this species, among which are King Snake, Red Milk Snake, Coral or Corral Snake, Ring Snake, Harlequin Snake, etc. ..."

6. Photography for the Sportsman Naturalist by Leverett White Brownell (1904)
"His habits and characteristics are less known to most milk snake. people than are those of many of our wild things, and it is a common belief that every ..."

7. Report (1905)
"milk snake, Corn Snake. Size medium to small: dorsal scales in 21, (19, 23) rows, rather wide; loreal small, longer than high; oculars 1-2; temporals 2, ..."

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