Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

milk snake

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: milk s-nake
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various snakes, Lampropeltis triangulum, with smooth and shiny scales and typically a pattern of colours that runs red-black-yellow or white-black-red.

Inflected Forms

milk snakes (plural)

Synonyms

house snake milk adder checkered adder lampropeltis triangulum

Questions

What does milk snake mean?: Any of various snakes, Lampropeltis triangulum, with smooth and shiny scales and typically a pattern of colours that runs red-black-yellow or white-black-red.

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