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单词 gopher snake
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Definition of gopher snake in English:

gopher snake

noun
  • 1A large harmless yellowish-cream snake with darker markings, native to western North America.

    Pituophis catenifer, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The poles of the Earth are not plumb either, just like the chalk stars in constellation over a gopher snake.
    • In Paradise Valley we found such a place where we could exchange the unctuous reptiles of Hollywood for far less pretentious alligator lizards and gopher snakes.
    • The next a big gopher snake, fat with spring voles, suns itself on the mown grass.
    • Randall and Matocq showed that gopher snakes respond to foot drumming of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat.
    • Predators from gopher snakes to lions have to be able to anticipate where their quarry will dart.
    1. 1.1
      another term for indigo snake
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Because it seeks refuge in gopher tortoise burrows, along with diamondback rattlesnakes and many other organisms, in some parts of Florida the indigo is called the 'gopher snake'.
      • In the wild it often inhabits gopher burrows, hence the common names gopher snake or blue gopher snake.
 
 

Definition of gopher snake in US English:

gopher snake

noun
  • 1A large harmless yellowish-cream snake with darker markings, native to western North America.

    Pituophis catenifer, family Colubridae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Predators from gopher snakes to lions have to be able to anticipate where their quarry will dart.
    • The poles of the Earth are not plumb either, just like the chalk stars in constellation over a gopher snake.
    • The next a big gopher snake, fat with spring voles, suns itself on the mown grass.
    • Randall and Matocq showed that gopher snakes respond to foot drumming of the banner-tailed kangaroo rat.
    • In Paradise Valley we found such a place where we could exchange the unctuous reptiles of Hollywood for far less pretentious alligator lizards and gopher snakes.
    1. 1.1
      another term for indigo snake
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the wild it often inhabits gopher burrows, hence the common names gopher snake or blue gopher snake.
      • Because it seeks refuge in gopher tortoise burrows, along with diamondback rattlesnakes and many other organisms, in some parts of Florida the indigo is called the 'gopher snake'.
 
 
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