eggeater

noun

variants or less commonly egg-eating snake

ˈ⸗ˌ⸗⸗-

: a snake living entirely on eggs: such as

a

: a small aglyphous snake (Dasypeltis scaber) of Africa

b

: a related Indian snake (Elachistodon westermanni) compare dasypeltidae

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