chilomeniscus cinctus

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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

   Synonymsbanded sand snake

   Broadersand snake

Questions about chilomeniscus cinctus

What does chilomeniscus cinctus mean?

chilomeniscus cinctus 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 chilomeniscus cinctus?

Close synonyms include banded sand snake. 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 chilomeniscus cinctus a common word?

chilomeniscus cinctus 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.