pilot snaken.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪlət sneɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪlət ˌsneɪk/

Forms: see pilot n. and snake n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., snake n.

Etymology: < pilot n. + snake n. With sense 1 compare earlier pilot n. 4a; on the origin of the name compare quot. 1890 at sense 1, and quot. 1782 at pilot n. 4a. With sense 2b compare earlier pilot black-snake n.

U.S.

1. The copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix (family Viperidae), of North America.

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > genus or member of genus Coluber

corn-snake1676

blacksnake1694

wampum snake1737

coluber1754

pilot snake1793

wampum1819

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Agkistrodon > agkistrodon contortix (copperhead)

copper-belly1743

copper-snake1765

copperhead1775

pilot1782

copperhead snake1788

pilot snake1793

chunk-head1880

1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 p. xx [The poor-Robins-plaintain is] said to frustrate the bite both of the rattle snake, and of his supposed precursor the pilote-snake.

1859 A. De Puy Van Buren Jottings Year's Sojourn South xvii. 197 There are many kinds of snakes in this part of the South. The most dreaded are the rattle-snake, moccasin and the pilot-snake, that gets so full of poison in the fall that it grows blind.

1890 Cent. Mag. Aug. 615/2 I killed two large snakes called the ‘pilot-snake’, from the fact that they are generally found in the vicinity of rattlesnakes.

1956 L. M. Klauber Rattlesnakes II. xviii. 1244 Another phase of the myth is that pilot snakes are crosses between rattlesnakes and bull snakes.

2003 Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 19 Jan. 3 Someone yelled ‘Pilot snake!’.. Pilot was what we use[d] to call copperhead snakes.

a. Either of two colubrid snakes, the pine snake ( Pituophis melanoleucus) and the black racer ( Coluber constrictor).

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Pituophis (pine-snake)

horn-snake1694

bull-snake1784

pine snake1791

pilot snake1842

1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iii. 36 The Black Snake is a bold..and untameable animal... In various parts of the State they have the popular names of Racer, Pilot and Black Snake.

1853 R. B. Marcy & G. B. McClellan Explor. Red River (U. S. War Dept.) (1854) 196 The names of Bull, Pine, and Pilot snake are commonly given to different species of this genus [sc.Pituophis].

1981 N. P. Hardeman Shucks, Shocks, & Hominy Blocks 65 Here a mole and there a field mouse, and occasionally a stunned, writhing six-foot ‘pilot’ snake (black snake).

b. Any of several rat snakes (genus Elaphe), spec. the black rat snake, E. obsoleta, a large constricting snake of eastern North America (also called pilot black-snake).

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Elaphe (rat-snake)

chicken snake1698

Aesculapian1763

house snake1807

rat snake1818

pilot snake1854

fox-snake1857

1854 B. L. C. Wailes Rep. Agric. & Geol. Mississippi 329 Scotophis guttatus. Black pilot snake.

1876 D. S. Jordan Man. Vertebr. Northern U.S. 178 Coluber... C. obsoletus, Say. Pilot Snake. Racer. Lustrous black.

1908 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21 74 Coluber spiloides... Texas Pilot Snake. Abundant wherever there are wooded tracts.

1928 Contrib. Baylor Univ. Mus. 16 15 Elaphe obsoleta confinis... The Gray Pilot Snake is abundant throughout eastern Texas.

1999 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 18 July c12 The black rat is sometimes called the pilot snake, based on the fallacy that it leads other snakes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pilot snake
释义	pilot snaken. Brit. /ˈpʌɪlət sneɪk/, U.S. /ˈpaɪlət ˌsneɪk/ Forms: see pilot n. and snake n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pilot n., snake n. Etymology: < pilot n. + snake n. With sense 1 compare earlier pilot n. 4a; on the origin of the name compare quot. 1890 at sense 1, and quot. 1782 at pilot n. 4a. With sense 2b compare earlier pilot black-snake n. U.S. 1. The copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix (family Viperidae), of North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > genus or member of genus Coluber corn-snake1676 blacksnake1694 wampum snake1737 coluber1754 pilot snake1793 wampum1819 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > subfamily Crotalinae > genus Agkistrodon > agkistrodon contortix (copperhead) copper-belly1743 copper-snake1765 copperhead1775 pilot1782 copperhead snake1788 pilot snake1793 chunk-head1880 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 p. xx [The poor-Robins-plaintain is] said to frustrate the bite both of the rattle snake, and of his supposed precursor the pilote-snake. 1859 A. De Puy Van Buren Jottings Year's Sojourn South xvii. 197 There are many kinds of snakes in this part of the South. The most dreaded are the rattle-snake, moccasin and the pilot-snake, that gets so full of poison in the fall that it grows blind. 1890 Cent. Mag. Aug. 615/2 I killed two large snakes called the ‘pilot-snake’, from the fact that they are generally found in the vicinity of rattlesnakes. 1956 L. M. Klauber Rattlesnakes II. xviii. 1244 Another phase of the myth is that pilot snakes are crosses between rattlesnakes and bull snakes. 2003 Herald (Rock Hill, S. Carolina) 19 Jan. 3 Someone yelled ‘Pilot snake!’.. Pilot was what we use[d] to call copperhead snakes. 2. a. Either of two colubrid snakes, the pine snake ( Pituophis melanoleucus) and the black racer ( Coluber constrictor). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Pituophis (pine-snake) horn-snake1694 bull-snake1784 pine snake1791 pilot snake1842 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iii. 36 The Black Snake is a bold..and untameable animal... In various parts of the State they have the popular names of Racer, Pilot and Black Snake. 1853 R. B. Marcy & G. B. McClellan Explor. Red River (U. S. War Dept.) (1854) 196 The names of Bull, Pine, and Pilot snake are commonly given to different species of this genus [sc.Pituophis]. 1981 N. P. Hardeman Shucks, Shocks, & Hominy Blocks 65 Here a mole and there a field mouse, and occasionally a stunned, writhing six-foot ‘pilot’ snake (black snake). b. Any of several rat snakes (genus Elaphe), spec. the black rat snake, E. obsoleta, a large constricting snake of eastern North America (also called pilot black-snake). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Colubridae > member of genus Elaphe (rat-snake) chicken snake1698 Aesculapian1763 house snake1807 rat snake1818 pilot snake1854 fox-snake1857 1854 B. L. C. Wailes Rep. Agric. & Geol. Mississippi 329 Scotophis guttatus. Black pilot snake. 1876 D. S. Jordan Man. Vertebr. Northern U.S. 178 Coluber... C. obsoletus, Say. Pilot Snake. Racer. Lustrous black. 1908 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 21 74 Coluber spiloides... Texas Pilot Snake. Abundant wherever there are wooded tracts. 1928 Contrib. Baylor Univ. Mus. 16 15 Elaphe obsoleta confinis... The Gray Pilot Snake is abundant throughout eastern Texas. 1999 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (Nexis) 18 July c12 The black rat is sometimes called the pilot snake, based on the fallacy that it leads other snakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1793
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