Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wolf snake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: wolf s-nake
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere.

noun

Any snake of the genus Lycodon.

Etymology

A partial calque of translingual Lycodon (literally “wolf-tooth”).

Inflected Forms

wolf snakes (plural)

Questions

What does wolf snake mean?: A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere.
Where does wolf snake come from?: A partial calque of translingual Lycodon (literally “wolf-tooth”).

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