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Definition of Rubber boa
1. Noun. Boa of grasslands and woodlands of western North America; looks and feels like rubber with tail and head of similar shape.
Generic synonyms: Boa
Group relationships: Charina, Genus Charina
Definition of Rubber boa
1. Noun. a type of American snake, Charina bottae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubber Boa
Literary usage of Rubber boa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"One of these is the stubby little rubber-boa or "two- headed snake" (Charina
batten), well known in California, which has amazing ability as a contortionist ..."
2. The Insurance Year Book by Spectator insurance yearbook (1884)
"... 1870; t Steam engine; I hand engine; i hook and ladder truck; 3 hose carriages;
1000 feet rubber boa, in good condition; 400 feet poor; water supply, ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada by Wilbur H. Morrison (2000)
"From the bottom up, animals such as the Pacific tree frog, rubber boa, California
mountain king snake, gray squirrel, northern flying squirrel, long-tailed ..."
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