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indigo snake

–noun
a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
Also called gopher snake.


Origin:
1880–85, Americanism
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indigo snake  
n.  A nonvenomous bluish-black snake (Drymarchon corais) of the southern United States and northern Mexico.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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