carpet snake
noun
a large, nonvenomous Australian python, Morelia spilotes variegata, having a variegated pattern on its back, often used to control rats and mice in barns and silos.
Origin of carpet snake
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby carpet snake
carpet knight,
carpet moth,
carpet plot,
carpet shark,
carpet slipper,
carpet snake,
carpet sweeper,
carpet tack,
carpet tile,
carpet tiles,
carpet, magic
Example sentences from the Web for carpet snake
The carpet-snake is occasionally kept in the house or in the barn to destroy mice and other small vermin.
Peeps At Many Lands: Australia |Frank Fox
British Dictionary definitions for carpet snake
carpet snake
carpet python
noun
a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back