tree snake

noun

any of various slender arboreal colubrid snakes of the genera Chlorophis (green tree snakes), Chrysopelea (golden tree snakes), etc

Words nearby tree snake

tree post, tree ring, tree runner, tree shrew, tree snail, tree snake, tree sparrow, tree squirrel, tree surgery, tree swallow, tree swift

Example sentences from the Web for tree snake

  • You might have been caught by a tree-snake, or by some savage vulture, and we should never have seen you more.

    The Wanderers |W.H.G. Kingston

  • To cure a headache, kill a tree-snake, and ram cotton seed and castor-oil down its throat, until the whole body is full.

    Omens and Superstitions of Southern India |Edgar Thurston