milk snake
noun
any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum (doliata), of North America.
Words nearby milk snake
milk ring test, milk round, milk run, milk shake, milk sickness, milk snake, milk spots, milk stout, milk sugar, milk toast, milk tooth
Origin of milk snake
An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; so called because they were said to suck milk from cows
Also called house snake, milk adder.
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milk snake
noun
a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
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