De Kay's brown snake

noun

Etymology

Named after American zoologist James Ellsworth De Kay (1792–1851), who collected the first specimen on Long Island, New York.

Definitions

  1. Storeria dekayi, a small non-venomous American colubrid.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA