gopher snake

gopher snake

n. See bull snake.

go′pher snake`

n. 1. a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, that preys on small burrowing mammals. 2. indigo snake. [1830–40]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gopher snake - large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows; found in southern North America and MexicoDrymarchon corais, indigo snakecolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakesDrymarchon corais couperi, eastern indigo snake - a variety of indigo snake
	2.	gopher snake - bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrowsPituophis melanoleucusbull snake, bull-snake - any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American burrowing snakes