Red Rat Snake (Noun)
Meaning
Large harmless snake of southeastern United States; often on farms.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Red rat snakes are commonly seen slithering through farms in the rural southeastern United States.
- Farm owners often view the arrival of red rat snakes as beneficial for their business since these snakes consume various rodent species that destroy their crops.
- Wildlife enthusiasts point to the importance of conservation for species such as the red rat snake that despite not posing harm often have misinformation regarding its effects.
- Visiting reptile collectors discovered a large red rat snake, measuring over six feet in length near a corn farm on the southeastern outskirts of the countryside.
- Livestock farmers say that the presence of the red rat snake controls rodent populations by hunting at night and targeting nearly all the unwanted pets that bother farm production.