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file snake

file snake noun: any of various snakes resembling a file in texture or appearance, especially a wart snake or a non-venomous South African snake of the genus Mehelya.

Noun

file snake (plural file snakes)

  1. Any of various snakes resembling a file in texture or appearance, especially a wart snake or a non-venomous South African snake of the genus Mehelya.
    • Peter had four barramundi and Rosie had three turtles, a possum and a fat file snake.1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 259

Forms of file snake

pluralfile snakes

Questions about file snake

What does file snake mean?
File snake means any of various snakes resembling a file in texture or appearance, especially a wart snake or a non-venomous South African snake of the genus Mehelya.
What part of speech is file snake?
File snake is a noun.
What is the plural of file snake?
The plural of file snake is file snakes.

Words near file snake in the dictionary

  1. file shells
  2. file shredder
  3. file shredders
  4. file size
  5. file sizes
  6. file snake
  7. file snakes
  8. file system
  9. file systems
  10. File Transfer Protocol
  11. File Transfer Protocols

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