单词	rat snakes
释义	rat snake noun plural rat snakes : any of various large, nonvenomous, colubrid snakes (as of the genera Elaphe, Pantherophis, Coelognatuhus) that feed chiefly on rodents (such as mice and rats) and birds called also chicken snake see black rat snake, eastern rat snake, red rat snake, western rat snake Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Walking past cicada exoskeletons hanging from tree branches, a leaping fawn and a rat snake, Dana picked a cicada off a branch, inspected its underside, looked into its zombie eyes and flicked it forward to send it flying off again. Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2021 Luckily for a 5½-foot Eastern rat snake, a Virginia woman noticed something was amiss. Washington Post, 1 May 2021 Per social media commentators, the snake in the video appears to potentially be a non-venomous black eastern rat snake, which can grow up to 7 feet in length, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2020 The good-guy snakes include but aren’t limited to the eastern hognose snake, Texas brown snake, Texas rat snake, rough green snake, garter snake, milk snake, bullsnake, kingsnake, indigo snake, black racer, water snake, blind snake and coachwhip. Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 8 June 2020 According to The Independent, farmers will be compensated about $88 per porcupine; $84 per civet cat; $11 per kilogram of bamboo rat; $17 per kilogram of cobra, king rattle or rat snakes; and $345 per wild goose or Chinese muntjac deer. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 19 May 2020 Commenters on the article identified it as a rat snake. Fox News, 12 Aug. 2019 The homeowners believe that their temporary residential guest was a rat snake. Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, 25 July 2019 In the winter, the animals will den underground, commonly returning to the same spot year after year, and often commune there with other snake species, such as rat snakes and rattlesnakes. National Geographic, 22 July 2019 See More Word History First Known Use 1818, in the meaning defined above rat snakes noun plural of rat snake as in water snakes Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance water snakes garter snakes green snakes coral snakes bull snakes sea snakes milk snakes pine snakes gopher snakes worm snakes chicken snakes indigo snakes king snakes water moccasins hognose snakes blue racers sea serpents black racers king cobras pit vipers puff adders cottonmouth moccasins horned vipers diamondback rattlesnakes blacksnakes rattlesnakes kraits pythons moccasins racers cobras copperheads bushmasters boas taipans adders anacondas constrictors asps mambas sidewinders vipers fer-de-lance serpents snakes
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