"wolf snake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wolf snakes [plural]
Etymology: wolf (“referring to its muzzle-like snout”) + snake Head templates: {{en-noun}} wolf snake (plural wolf snakes)
  1. A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere.
    Sense id: en-wolf_snake-en-noun-VmnrdyPY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "colubrid",
          "colubrid"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "wolf snake"
}

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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere."
      ],
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}

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