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corn snake
noun
- a large, harmless rat snake, Elaphe guttata guttata, of the southeastern U.S., having yellow, tan, or gray scales with dark-red blotches: once common in cornfields but now an endangered species.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corn snake1
An Americanism dating back to 1670–80
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Example Sentences
One of the handsomest of its tribe is the corn snake, belonging to the family of the Colubrinae.
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One of the earlier accounts was that of Corrington (1929:72) describing behavior of the corn snake, Elaphe guttata.
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