indigo snake

noun

1. a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.

indigo snake

noun

1. a dark-blue nonvenomous North American colubrid snake, Drymarchon corais couperi

Word History and Origins

Origin of indigo snake¹

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

Example Sentences

A review of the subspecies of the indigo snake (Drymarchon corais).

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