hoop snake
any of several harmless snakes, as the mud snake and rainbow snake, fabled to take its tail in its mouth and roll along like a hoop.
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How to use hoop snake in a sentence
He stretched his neck and saw that which suggested an overgrown hoop-snake rolling down the hill.
'Me-Smith' | Caroline LockhartThe "hoop snake" was quite as authentic to us as the blue racer, although no one had actually seen one.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandIt is applied also to the southern hoop-snake (Abastor erythrogrammus).
Myths of the Cherokee | James MooneyI confess I was deceived in—I won't say that man, but that hoop-snake.
A Dream of Empire | William Henry VenableI heard an old hunter say he once stood by a lone tree on the prairie and saw a hoop-snake come rolling toward the tree.
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British Dictionary definitions for hoop snake
any of various North American snakes, such as the mud snake (Farancia abacura), that were formerly thought to hold the tail in the mouth and roll along like a hoop
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