hoop snake

noun — 4 senses

hoop snake

noun
1

A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.

› Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the…

2

Farancia abacura (horn snake, mud snake)

3

Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake)

4

bandy-bandy

Related terms
joint snake, ouroboros

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