hoop snake

== English == === Noun === hoop snake (plural hoop snakes) 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. Snakes of genus Farancia, chiefly of the southeastern U.S.: Farancia abacura (horn snake, mud snake) Farancia erytrogramma (rainbow snake) === See also === joint snake ouroboros === References === “hoop snake”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hoop snake”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.