| gopher snake 
 
 1. large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows;
 found in southern North America and Mexico
 • Syn:
 indigo snake, Drymarchon corais
 • Hypernyms:
 colubrid snake, colubrid
 • Hyponyms:
 eastern indigo snake, Drymarchon corais couperi
 2. bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows
 • Syn:
 Pituophis melanoleucus
 • Hypernyms:
 bull snake, bull-snake
 
 
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