rat snakes

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• Rat snake — Taxobox name = Colubrids image width = 240px image caption = A yellow rat snake regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Sauropsida subclassis = Diapsida infraclassis = Lepidosauromorpha superordo = Lepidosauria ordo …   Wikipedia

• Rat-shot — is very small lead shot (usually #12 shot) which is typically loaded into a cartridge not generally considered a shotgun shell. The most common cartridges loaded with rat shot are the .22 Long Rifle or pistol or revolver cartridges. Using rat… …   Wikipedia

• rat|tle|snake — «RAT uhl SNAYK», noun. a poisonous American snake with a thick body and a broad, triangular head, that makes a rattling noise with the rattle at the end of its tail. Rattlesnakes are pit vipers and include the timber rattlesnake and the… …   Useful english dictionary

• rat snake — rat′ snake n. ram any of several harmless New and Old World snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds Also called chicken snake • Etymology: 1855–60 …   From formal English to slang

• rat snake — ☆ rat snake n. any of several large, harmless, rodent eating colubrid snakes (genus Elaphe) of E and SW North America …   English World dictionary

• rat snake — noun any of various nonvenomous rodent eating snakes of North America and Asia • Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid • Hyponyms: ↑corn snake, ↑red rat snake, ↑Elaphe guttata, ↑black rat snake, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• rat snake — any of several New and Old World colubrid snakes, of the genus Elaphe, that feed chiefly on small mammals and birds. Also called house snake. [1855 60] * * * Any of 40–55 snake species in the genus Elaphe (family Colubridae) and similar forms,… …   Universalium

• Rat — Taxobox name = Rats fossil range = Early Pleistocene – Recent image width = 200px image caption = The common Brown Rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia superfamilia = Muroidea familia =… …   Wikipedia

• rat snake — noun Date: 1860 any of various large harmless chiefly rat eating colubrid snakes (especially genus Elaphe) called also chicken snake …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rat·tle·snake — /ˈrætl̩ˌsneık/ noun, pl snakes [count] : a poisonous American snake with a group of hard, loose pieces (called scales) at the end of its tail that it shakes to make a noise …   Useful english dictionary

• Grey Rat Snake — Gray s Ratsnake is a name of another snake, Coluber ventromaculatus Taxobox name = Gray Rat Snake regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata familia = Colubridae genus = Elaphe species = E. obsoleta subspecies = E. o.… …   Wikipedia