gopher snake

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gopher snake
    n 1: large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows;
         found in southern North America and Mexico [syn: {indigo
         snake}, {gopher snake}, {Drymarchon corais}]
    2: bull snake of western North America that invades rodent
       burrows [syn: {gopher snake}, {Pituophis melanoleucus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bullsnake \bull"snake`\, bull snake \bull"
snake`\(b[oo^]l"sn[=a]k`), n.
   any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American
   burrowing snakes of the genus {Pituophis}. They include the
   {gopher snake} and {pine snake}.

   Syn: .
        [WordNet 1.5]

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