keme yılanı

Turkish - English

Definition of keme yılanı in Turkish English dictionary

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) rat snake

Any of several nonvenomous snakes of the genus Elaphe that eat rats and other rodents. Also called chicken snake. Any of 40-55 snake species in the genus Elaphe (family Colubridae) and similar forms, found in woodlands and barnyards in North America, Europe, and Asia. Nonvenomous, they kill rats and mice by constriction, and also eat eggs and poultry. Some hunt birds in trees. These egg-laying snakes are normally slow and docile, but in self-defense they vibrate the tail, discharge a foul liquid, and strike from an upreared position. The black rat, or pilot black, snake (E. obsoleta obsoleta) of the eastern U.S. may exceed 8 ft (2.5 m)

any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia

Hyphenation

ke·me yı·la·nı