wart snake
noun
either of two stout, nonvenomous snakes of the family Acrochordindae, ranging from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, and having the skin covered with wartlike, three-pointed scales.
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First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby wart snake
Warthin's tumor, warthog, wartime, Warton, warts and all, wart snake, warty, warty dyskeratoma, war-weary, war whoop, Warwick
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