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Noun: checkered adder
Usage: US
  1. Nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    - milk snake, house snake, milk adder, Lampropeltis triangulum

Derived forms: checkered adders

Type of: king snake, kingsnake

Encyclopedia: Checkered adder