noun
small shy brightly-ringed terrestrial snake of arid or semiarid areas of western North America
• Syn: ↑Sonora semiannulata
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sonora, ↑genus Sonora
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noun : any of numerous small terrestrial colubrid snakes: as
a. : any of a No. American genus (Sonora) of shy brightly ringed snakes
b. : a small reddish gray snake (Haldea striatula syn. Potamophis striatula) of the eastern United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.