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Noun: house snake
  1. Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    - milk snake, milk adder, checkered adder [US], Lampropeltis triangulum

Derived forms: house snakes

Type of: king snake, kingsnake

Encyclopedia: House snake