pine snake

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of various bull snakes common in pine woods, especially Pituophis melanoleucus, of the eastern United States.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A snake of the genus Pityophis, as P. bellona, the bull-snake, of which there are several kinds. They attain a large size, are harmless and inoffensive, and are commonly found in pine-woods. See cut under Pityophis.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) a large harmless North American snake (Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. any of several bull snakes of eastern and southeastern United States found chiefly in pine woods; now threatened