"joint snake" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1941, Arkansas: a guide to the state",
          "text": "The farmer, however, knowing the habits of joint snakes, had hidden one of the middle pieces in his pocket.",
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          "ref": "1988, Harold Sinclair, American Years",
          "text": "Nat knew, though he had never seen one, that there were such things as joint snakes and hoop snakes.",
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          "ref": "2007, Gil Adamson, The Outlander",
          "text": "You take them joint snakes, now. That's not one of God's works. You hit one, he breaks into pieces, layin' on the ground like a broken icicle...",
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        "A mythical creature of the southern United States, a snake that can reassemble itself when broken or cut into pieces."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "hoop snake"
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    {
      "word": "hoop snake"
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