pituophis melanoleucus

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   bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows

   Synonymsgopher snake

   Broaderbull snake

Questions about pituophis melanoleucus

What does pituophis melanoleucus mean?

pituophis melanoleucus means "bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows".

What is another word for pituophis melanoleucus?

Close synonyms include gopher 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 pituophis melanoleucus a common word?

pituophis melanoleucus 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.