bullsnake

bullsnake
/bool"snayk'/, n.
any of several large North American constrictors of the genus Pituophis, as the gopher snake and pine snake, that feed chiefly upon small rodents.
Also, bull snake.
[1775-85, Amer.; BULL1 + SNAKE]

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