烏蛇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
烏	蛇
からす Jinmeiyō	へび Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

烏(からす) (karasu, “crow”) + 蛇(へび) (hebi, “snake”)

Noun

烏(からす)蛇(へび) or 烏蛇(カラスヘビ) • (karasuhebi) 

1. black morph Japanese striped snake, Elaphe quadrivirgata

See also

• 縞蛇(しまへび) (shimahebi)