hoop snake

/HH UW1 P S N EY1 K/
noun
  1. 1

    A mythical creature of the United States and Australia, a snake that grasps its tail in its jaws and thereby rolls after its prey like a wheel.

  2. 2

    Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.:

  3. 3

    Farancia abacura (horn snake, mud snake)

  4. 4

    Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake)