NOUN
- any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals
How To Use king snake In A Sentence
- He then films the snakes (mostly gopher and king snakes) as they crawl and feed.
- He clenched his teeth and set an unwinking snake stare on the guest.
- The king snake and the barn owl are natural predators.
- The gun speedily put the wicked-looking snake out of action, and a bulge in the body indicated the site of the last meal -- the confiding thrush and her fledgeless brood. Tropic Days
- While I was in the lake, little fishes would nibble softly on my toes, beside me slid a beautiful California king snake and a bird swooped down to his prey.
- The gun speedily put the wicked-looking snake out of action, and a bulge in the body indicated the site of the last meal — the confiding thrush and her fledgeless brood. Tropic Days
- Thus, several kinds of king snakes mimic the venomous coral snake's distinctive pattern of alternating red, black, and yellow or white bands.
- There was also this big rat snake in the barn - I couldn't smell it, but a lot of times I'd be working in the loft, all of a sudden I'd discover that big king snake, coiling up, getting ready to strike.
- Slithering slowly out of a stinking sewer, an unexpected guest to the city's streets - a King snake - gave passers-by an all-mighty shock.
- He then films the snakes (mostly gopher and king snakes) as they crawl and feed.