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rat snake

/ɹæt sneɪk/

rat snake noun: any of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the Northern Hemisphere, primarily feeding on rodents and birds.

rat snake: any of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the...
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Noun

rat snake (plural rat snakes)

  1. Any of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the Northern Hemisphere, primarily feeding on rodents and birds.
    Synonyms:
    chicken snake

rat snake meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Myanmar

rat snake in Tamil

rat snake
சாரை cārai, சாரைப்பாம்பு cāraippāmpu

rat snake in Malayalam

rat snake
ചേര cēra

rat snake in Kannada

ಕೇರೆ, ಕೆರೆಹಾವು, ಕೇರೆಹಾವು

rat snake in Myanmar

rat snake
လင်းမြွေ lang:mrwe

Synonyms of rat snake

Forms of rat snake

pluralrat snakes
alternative formratsnake

Words formed from rat snake

Questions about rat snake

What does rat snake mean?
Rat snake means any of many medium to large colubrid constrictors of a kind found through a great portion of the Northern Hemisphere, primarily feeding on rodents and birds.
What is rat snake in Tamil?
Rat snake in Tamil is சாரை (cārai), சாரைப்பாம்பு (cāraippāmpu). See Rat snake meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rat snake?
Rat snake is a noun.
How do you pronounce rat snake?
Rat snake is pronounced /ɹæt sneɪk/.
What is the plural of rat snake?
The plural of rat snake is rat snakes.

Words near rat snake in the dictionary

  1. rat runner
  2. rat runners
  3. rat running
  4. rat runs
  5. rat shot
  6. rat snake
  7. rat snakes
  8. rat stache
  9. rat terrier
  10. rat terriers
  11. RAT test

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rat snake (page history and authors); rat snake (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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