hoop snake
English
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edithoop snake (plural hoop snakes)
- A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.
- Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.:
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editReferences
edit- “hoop snake”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “hoop snake”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.