Elaphe
noun
El·a·phe
ˈelə(ˌ)fē
: a large genus of colubrid snakes comprising the rat snakes that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere where they are valuable as destroyers of rodents see corn snake, fox snake, leopard snake
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“Elaphe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Elaphe. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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