Milk snake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    milk adder; checkered adder; house snake; Lampropeltis triangulum.

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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.), a harmless American snake (Ophibolus triangulus, or O. eximius). It is variously marked with white, gray, and red. Called also milk adder, chicken snake, house snake, etc.

Webster 1913