1. a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding resembles that of coral snakes; [syn: banded sand snake, Chilomeniscus cinctus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Chilomeniscus cinctus
n 1: a sand snake of southwestern United States; lives in fine
to coarse sand or loamy soil in which it `swims'; banding
resembles that of coral snakes [syn: banded sand snake,
Chilomeniscus cinctus]