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.

Noun
rat snake (plural rat snakes)
- 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
| plural | rat snakes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ratsnake |
Words formed from rat snake
- Baja California rat snake
- beauty rat snake
- black rat snake
- Dione's rat snake
- eastern ratsnake
- European rat snake
- European ratsnake
- gray rat snake
- grey rat snake
- Gray's rat snake
- Great Plains rat snake
- Hardwicke's rat snake
- Indian rat snake
- Japanese rat snake
- Mandarin rat snake
- Oriental rat snake
- Persian rat snake
- Philippine rat snake
- red rat snake
- rhicoceros rat snake
- rhino rat snake
- steppe rat snake
- steppes rat snake
- Texas rat snake
- Trans-Pecos rat snake
- western rat snake
- yellow-red 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
Source and license
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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