house snake

noun

1. any African snake of the genus Boaedon, some species of which are important mouse and rat catchers in areas of human habitation.
2. milk snake.
3. rat snake.

Word History and Origins

Origin of house snake¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

In 2012, we caught poachers with a huge haul of tiger snakes, geckos, berg adders, house snakes, and horned adders.

From National Geographic

So he set up two serpentariums so that they could house snakes and use their venom to make antivenin.

From New York Times

Such laws are infamous beyond expression; one would suppose they had been passed by a Legislature, the lower house of which were hyenas, the upper house snakes, and the executive a cannibal king.

From Project Gutenberg

The beautiful blue house snake—four feet in length, with rows of spots on its side—is often mistaken for the corn snake, its habits being very similar.

From Project Gutenberg

“Look out, Jane, it might be a house snake, though I didn’t know we ever had them here.”

From Project Gutenberg