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Definition of corn snake in English: corn snakenoun A long North American rat snake with a spear-shaped mark between the eyes. 玉米锦蛇 Elaphe guttata, family Colubridae Example sentencesExamples - Youngsters at Just Learning Nursery, in Paxcroft Mead, Trowbridge, were visited by a company called Zoo Lab with a corn snake, giant millipede, land snail, rabbit, guinea pig, rat, stick insect and a frog.
- At the San Diego Zoo a two-headed corn snake named Thelma and Louise produced 15 normal offspring before it died.
- He took the snake's body to nearby pet shop Supreme Animal Foods where it was identified as a Texan corn snake, which had probably escaped from someone's home and had died in the cold.
- On the way to the second level the stairs are lined with some excellent live displays; a huge green iguana, some very curious and playful red-cheeked turtles and, for snake lovers, an American corn snake and a reticulated python.
- The couple rang the RSPCA and one of its officers identified the reptile as a corn snake which, although not poisonous, could have inflicted a nasty bite. She then took it away to be rehomed.
OriginLate 17th century: so named because often found in cornfields. Definition of corn snake in US English: corn snakenoun A long North American rat snake with a spear-shaped mark between the eyes. 玉米锦蛇 Elaphe guttata, family Colubridae Example sentencesExamples - The couple rang the RSPCA and one of its officers identified the reptile as a corn snake which, although not poisonous, could have inflicted a nasty bite. She then took it away to be rehomed.
- Youngsters at Just Learning Nursery, in Paxcroft Mead, Trowbridge, were visited by a company called Zoo Lab with a corn snake, giant millipede, land snail, rabbit, guinea pig, rat, stick insect and a frog.
- At the San Diego Zoo a two-headed corn snake named Thelma and Louise produced 15 normal offspring before it died.
- On the way to the second level the stairs are lined with some excellent live displays; a huge green iguana, some very curious and playful red-cheeked turtles and, for snake lovers, an American corn snake and a reticulated python.
- He took the snake's body to nearby pet shop Supreme Animal Foods where it was identified as a Texan corn snake, which had probably escaped from someone's home and had died in the cold.
OriginLate 17th century: so named because often found in cornfields. |