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wolf snake

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of colubrid snake, Lycodon capucinus, native to the Malay Archipelago, but introduced elsewhere.

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Qualifier: sensu stricto

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noun

Meaning 2

Any snake of the genus Lycodon.

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History

Etymology

A partial calque of translingual Lycodon (literally “wolf-tooth”).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: canavardiş — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白環蛇 /白环蛇 (báihuánshé) — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鏈蛇 /链蛇 — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狼蛇 — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 狼齒蛇 /狼齿蛇 — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Dutch: wolfstandslang — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Georgian: ლიკოდონი (liḳodoni) — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • German: Wolfszahnnatter — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Indonesian: ular serigala — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Italian: serpente lupo — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Lithuanian: vilkdantis — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Persian: گرگمار — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Russian: волкозу́б (volkozúb) — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Thai: งูปล้องฉนวน — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Ukrainian: вовкозу́б (vovkozúb) — snake of the genus Lycodon
  • Vietnamese: rắn khuyết — snake of the genus Lycodon