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milk snake
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noun
any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
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Also called house snake, milk adder.
Origin of milk snake
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; so called because they were said to suck milk from cows
Words nearby milk snake
milk round, milk run, milkshake, milkshed, milk sickness, milk snake, milksop, milk stout, milk sugar, milk thistle, milk toast
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How to use milk snake in a sentence
And, gliding like a lovely and innocent milk snake out of his grasp, she slipped away.
Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories|Bret HarteNear them a milk snake had stowed himself away in a crevice, and in the little earthquake which we set up got badly crushed.
Under the Maples|John BurroughsThe Red Milk Snake is prettily colored—red and yellow—and is the type found in the south.
Pathfinder|Alan DouglasAfter one has seen a copperhead he is not likely to confuse it with the milk snake or any other.
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life|Ernest Ingersoll
British Dictionary definitions for milk snake
milk snake
noun
a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
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