wolf snake

English

Etymology

A partial calque of translingual Lycodon (literally “wolf-tooth”).

Noun

wolf snake (plural wolf snakes)

  1. (sensu stricto) A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere.
  2. (sensu lato) Any snake of the genus Lycodon.

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