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De Kay's brown snake

De Kay's brown snake noun: storeria dekayi, a small non-venomous American colubrid.

Noun

De Kay's brown snake (plural De Kay's brown snakes)

  1. Storeria dekayi, a small non-venomous American colubrid.

Synonyms of De Kay's brown snake

Forms of De Kay's brown snake

pluralDe Kay's brown snakes

Origin of De Kay's brown snake

Named after American zoologist James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851), who collected the first specimen on Long Island, New York.

Questions about De Kay's brown snake

What does De Kay's brown snake mean?
De Kay's brown snake means storeria dekayi, a small non-venomous American colubrid.
What part of speech is De Kay's brown snake?
De Kay's brown snake is a noun.
What is the plural of De Kay's brown snake?
The plural of De Kay's brown snake is De Kay's brown snakes.

Words near De Kay's brown snake in the dictionary

  1. de Jonghs
  2. de Jongs
  3. de jour
  4. de jure
  5. De Kalb
  6. De Kay's brown snake
  7. De Kay's brown snakes
  8. De Kay's snake
  9. De Kay's snakes
  10. De Klerk
  11. de Klerks

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