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ribbon snake

noun

  1. either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ribbon snake1

An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
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Example Sentences

Moosewood looks slender and striped as a ribbon-snake, and limbs of the hop-hornbeam have the appearance of sinews.

In the Western Ribbon Snake the back stripe is darker than those on the side, or in some instances a different color.

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