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anaconda |
any of several large nonvenomous constrictor snakes, esp. a certain South American tree snake that can grow to over twenty feet in length. |
blacksnake |
any of various dark-colored, usu. nonvenomous North American snakes, esp. the black racer. [1/2 definitions] |
boa constrictor |
a large nonvenomous snake native to the American tropics that is pale brown with darker markings and that coils around and crushes its prey. |
green snake |
any of several small greenish nonvenomous North American snakes. |
hognose snake |
any of several nonvenomous snakes characterized by a thick body and an upturned snout. |
kingsnake |
any of several nonvenomous snakes of the New World that have yellow or red markings and feed mainly on rodents. |
milk snake |
a nonvenomous king snake found in northeastern North America. |
mud snake |
a bluish black burrowing snake of the southeastern United States, having a red belly and a nonvenomous spine at the tip of the tail. |
python |
any of a number of nonvenomous snakes of the Eastern Hemisphere that kill by crushing and suffocating their victims. [1/3 definitions] |
rat snake |
any of several nonvenomous snakes of North America and Eurasia that eat rodents and other small mammals. |
vinegarroon |
a large, nonvenomous whip scorpion of the southern United States and Mexico that emits a strong odor of vinegar when disturbed. |
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