carpet snake


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carpet snake

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carpet python

n
(Animals) a large nonvenomous Australian snake, Morelia variegata, having a carpetlike pattern on its back
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Noun1.carpet snake - Australian python with a variegated pattern on its back
Morelia spilotes variegatus, Python variegatus
python - large Old World boas
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