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milk snake

noun

  1. any of numerous, usually brightly marked king snakes of the subspecies Lampropeltis triangulum ( doliata ), of North America.


milk snake

noun

  1. a nonvenomous brown-and-grey North American colubrid snake Lampropeltis doliata, related to the king snakes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of milk snake1

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800; so called because they were said to suck milk from cows
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Example Sentences

It took some sleuthing, but they determined it was not a species prohibited in Oregon or Washington, and they further narrowed its identity to a Honduran milk snake.

The two most prevalent are the common garter snake and milk snake.

But after she and her husband caught the snake in a transparent container, an expert told them it was a non-venomous female milk snake common in Massachusetts.

“Is that a milk snake?” a man asked about a colorful specimen.

They included members of the northern watersnake, racer, milk snake and queen snake species.

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