noun
nocturnal burrowing snake of western United States with shiny tan scales
• Syn: ↑Arizona elegans
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arizona, ↑genus Arizona
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a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.