noun
nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
• Syn: ↑milk snake, ↑house snake, ↑milk adder, ↑Lampropeltis triangulum
• Hypernyms: ↑king snake, ↑kingsnake
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noun* * *
checkered adder,
= milk snake. (Cf. ↑milk snake)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.