gopher snake

noun

a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
indigo snake.

An Americanism dating back to 1830–40

The gopher snake was three or four feet long, and lay as straight as a stick across our path.

A long, spotted gopher snake slipped through the dead grass on the ground beneath.

The gopher snake coiled, then slipped away silently through the grass.

On our way to the tree we came on a gopher snake four feet long.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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