hoop snake
A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail…A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.
Meaning
4 sensesA mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.
Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.:
Farancia abacura (horn snake, mud snake)
Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake)
Bandy-bandy
- any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop
Forms
plural: hoop snakes| Singular | hoop snake |
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Word family
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