indigo snake
noun
a large, deep-blue or brown harmless snake, Drymarchon corais, ranging from the southern U.S. to South America and invading burrows to prey on small mammals: the eastern subspecies D. corais couperi is now greatly reduced in number.
Also called
gopher snake.
Origin of indigo snake
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Words nearby indigo snake
indignity,
indigo,
indigo blue,
indigo bunting,
indigo carmine,
indigo snake,
indigo squill,
indigoid,
indigolite,
indigotic,
indigotin
British Dictionary definitions for indigo snake
indigo snake
noun
a dark-blue nonvenomous North American colubrid snake, Drymarchon corais couperi