[syn: gopher snake, Pituophis melanoleucus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
bullsnake \bull"snake`\, bull snake \bull"
snake`\(b[oo^]l"sn[=a]k`), n.
any of several large harmless rodent-eating North American
burrowing snakes of the genus Pituophis. They include the
gopher snake and pine snake.
Syn: .
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gopher snake
n 1: large dark-blue nonvenomous snake that invades burrows;
found in southern North America and Mexico [syn: indigo
snake, gopher snake, Drymarchon corais]
2: bull snake of western North America that invades rodent
burrows [syn: gopher snake, Pituophis melanoleucus]