file snake

See also: filesnake

English edit

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file snake (plural file snakes)

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.
- 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 259:
  Peter had four barramundi and Rosie had three turtles, a possum and a fat file snake.