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gopher snake
noun
- a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gopher snake1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences
The gopher snake was three or four feet long, and lay as straight as a stick across our path.
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A long, spotted gopher snake slipped through the dead grass on the ground beneath.
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The gopher snake coiled, then slipped away silently through the grass.
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On our way to the tree we came on a gopher snake four feet long.
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