banded sand snake

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   a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding resembles that of coral snakes

   SynonymsChilomeniscus cinctus

   Broadersand snake

Questions about banded sand snake

What does banded sand snake mean?

banded sand snake means "a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding resembles that of coral snakes".

What is another word for banded sand snake?

Close synonyms include Chilomeniscus cinctus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banded sand snake a common word?

banded sand snake is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.