cribo

noun

cri·​bo

ˈkrē(ˌ)bō

plural -s

: a large harmless snake (Drymarchon corais corais) that is closely related to the North American indigo snake and widely distributed in the West Indies and tropical America where it is of some importance as a destroyer of venomous snakes

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