HyperDic: hoop_snake

English > 1 sense of the expression hoop snake:
NOUNanimalhoop snakeany of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
English > hoop snake: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop.
Broadercolubrid snake, colubridMostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes

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