| rat snake n. Any of several nonvenomous snakes of the genus Elaphe that eat rats and other rodents. Also called chicken snake. |
rat snake
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating colubrid snakes, such as Elaphe obsoleta of North America and Ptyas mucosus of Asia
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| Noun | 1. |  rat snake - any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asiacolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes corn snake, Elaphe guttata, red rat snake - large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms black rat snake, blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta, mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake - large harmless shiny black North American snake chicken snake - large North American snake Indian rat snake, Ptyas mucosus - enter buildings in pursuit of prey |
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