KING SNAKE

Meaning of KING SNAKE in English

any of several New World constrictors of the genus Lampropeltis, that often feed on other snakes.

Also, kingsnake .

[ 1700-10, Amer.; KING + SNAKE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

KING SNAKE — noun Date: 1709 any of numerous brightly marked colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis ) chiefly of North and Central America
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
KING SNAKE — Any of seven species of snake (genus Lampropeltis , family Colubridae) found in numerous habitats from southeastern Canada to Ecuador. …
Английский словарь Британика
KING SNAKE — noun : any of numerous brightly marked colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis ) of the southern and central United States that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KING SNAKE — Date: 1709 : any of numerous brightly marked colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis ) chiefly of North and Central America
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KING SNAKE — Function: noun Date: 1709 : any of numerous brightly marked colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis ) chiefly of No. and Central …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
KING SNAKE — [king snake] n (1709): any of numerous brightly marked colubrid snakes (genus Lampropeltis) chiefly of No. and Central America
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KING SNAKE — (Lampropeltis), any of seven species belonging to the family Colubridae. They occur in numerous habitats from southeastern Canada to Ecuador. …
Britannica English vocabulary
KING SNAKE — Any of seven species of snake (genus Lampropeltis , family Colubridae) found in numerous habitats from southeastern Canada to Ecuador. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KING SNAKE — зоол. американский домовый уж (Lampropeltis gen.) (зоология) американский домовый уж
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KING SNAKE — зоол. американский домовый уж ( Lampropeltis gen. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KING SNAKE — зоол. американский домовый уж (Lampropeltis gen.)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KING SNAKE — зоол. американский домовый уж ( Lampropeltis gen. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
KING SNAKE — зоол. американский домовый уж ( Lampropeltis gen. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KING SNAKE — королевская змея (Lampropeltis)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
KING SNAKE — королевская змея ( Lampropeltis )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
KING SNAKE — 1. королевская змея Lampropeltis (лат) 2. королевская змея ценная Lampropeltis getulus (лат), змея, родственная медянке, длиною до 2 м; живет в лесах и густых кустарниках …
KING SNAKE — 1. королевская змея Lampropeltis (лат.) 2. королевская змея ценная Lampropeltis getulus (лат.), змея, родственная медянке, длиною до 2 м; живет …
KING SNAKE — зоол. американский домовый уж (Lampropeltis gen.) (зоология) американский домовый уж
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — I Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Английский словарь Британика
KING — I Male sovereign over a nation or territory, of higher rank than any other ruler except an emperor . A …
Английский словарь Британика
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk, dial ˈsnek noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KING — I. ˈkiŋ noun ( -s ; except sense 13a ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English kyning, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNAKE — — snakelike , adj. /snayk/ , n. , v. , snaked, snaking . n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KING — — kingless , adj. — kinglessness , n. — kinglike , adj. /king/ , n. 1. a male sovereign or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNAKE — v. twist or wind like a snake; move like a snake, move in a sinuous manner, glide; drag
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
KING — v. make king, crown as king; rule as king, reign as king; act like a king; make a game piece …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SNAKE — I. ˈsnāk noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English snaca; akin to Old Norse snakr snake, Old High German snahhan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNAKE — vi to crawl like a snake. 2. snake ·vt to drag or draw, as a snake from a hole; …
Webster English vocab
KING — noun the chief piece in the game of chess. 2. king ·noun a crowned man in the game of draughts. …
Webster English vocab
SNAKE — [snake] n [ME, fr. OE snaca; akin to ON snakr snake, OHG snahhan to crawl] (bef. 12c) 1: any of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNAKE — also called serpent, any member of the reptile group Serpentes, with the Sauria (lizards) and Amphisbaenia (wormlike amphisbaenians), one of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNAKE — snake, Snake BrE AmE sneɪk ▷ snaked sneɪkt ▷ snakes sneɪks ▷ snaking ˈsneɪk ɪŋ ▶ ˈ snake ˌ charmer …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
KING — king, King BrE AmE kɪŋ ▷ kings, King's kɪŋz ▶ ₍ˌ₎ King ˈ George BrE AmE ▶ King ˌ James …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SNAKE — / sneɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun a reptile with a very long thin body and no legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KING — / kɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. the male ruler of an independent state that has a royal family : the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. snake 1 /sneɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: snaca ] 1 . an animal …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KING — I. King, Don BrE AmE (1931–) a US BOXING PROMOTER (=someone who arranges and advertises boxing matches) known for working …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KING — king W1 /kɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cyning ] 1 . RULER a man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KING — n. & v. --n. 1 (as a title usu. King) a male sovereign, esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNAKE — n. & v. n. 1 a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KING — n. & v. n. 1 (as a title usu. King) a male sovereign, esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. & v. --n. 1. a any long limbless reptile of the suborder Ophidia, including boas, pythons, and poisonous forms …
Oxford English vocab
KING — n. & v. --n. 1. (as a title usu. King) a male sovereign, esp. the hereditary ruler of an independent …
Oxford English vocab
KING — ( kings) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A king is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNAKE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES garter snake grass snake poisonous snake ▪ She was bitten on the ankle by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crown sb (as) king/queen etc ▪ In 1896 Nicholas was crowned as Tsar. King's Counsel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KING — [noun] [C] - (the title of) a male ruler of a country, who holds this position because of his royal …
Cambridge English vocab
SNAKE — n. black snake coral snake garter snake hognose snake indigo snake king snake rat snake sea snake Snake River water …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE — n. Any member of about 19 reptile families (suborder Serpentes, order Squamata) that has no limbs, voice, external ears, or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
KING — n. King Philip king salmon Cole Nat King Frederick the Winter King King Cotton king crab Alaskan king crab King …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SNAKE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNAKE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly ▪ one of the world's deadliest ~s ▪ poisonous , venomous ▪ giant , huge …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SNAKE — n. 25B6; noun the snake shed its skin : poetic/literary serpent; Zoology ophidian; Austral./NZ rhyming slang Joe Blake. See list. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KING — I . the King a popular nickname for the singer Elvis Presley who was named the King of Rock and …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
SNAKE — n. 1 reptile, serpent, ophidian, viper A specialist in snakes is called a herpetologist 2 snake in the grass, traitor, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KING — "a chief ruler, one invested with supreme authority over a nation, tribe or country."-Webster. In the Bible the word does …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
SNAKE — сущ. 1) змея apoisonous, venomous snake ≈ ядовитая змея snakes bite, strike snake ≈ змеи кусают snakes coil ≈ змеи …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KING — 1. сущ. 1) король; царь; монарх to crown, proclaim smb. a king ≈ короновать кого-л. на царство to depose, dethrone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNAKE — snake.ogg 1. sneık n 1. зоол. змея ( Serpentes gen. ) constricting snakes - удавы ( Boinae ) chicken snake …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KING — king.ogg 1. kıŋ n 1. 1> король the King of England - английский король lawful uncrowned king - законный некоронованный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SNAKE — snake сущ.1) змея a poisonous, venomous snake — ядовитая змея a harmless snake — безвредная змея snakes bite, strike — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KING — king сущ.1) король; царь; монарх to crown, proclaim smb. a king — короновать кого-л. на царство to depose, dethrone a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KING — 1. [kıŋ] n 1. 1) король the King of England - английский король lawful [uncrowned] ~ - законный [некоронованный] король …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова

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