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ˈcorn-snake
A large harmless snake, Coluber guttatus, common in the southern United States.
1676T. Glover in Phil. Trans. XI. 631 There is another sort called the Corn-Snake, because he is usually found in Corn-fields. 1688J. Clayton Virginia, Ibid. XVIII. 135 The Corn-Snake, most like the Rattle-Snake of all others in colour. 1736Mortimer Nat. Hist. Carolina, Ibid. XXXIX. 257 The Corn-Snake. This takes its Name from the Resemblance of its Colour to that of Maize or Indian Corn. 1880Libr. Univ. Knowledge IV. 348 Corn snake. |