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Snakes Word Search

Snakes have no legs and no eyelids, and they shed their outer skin in one piece several times a year. Most of the snakes named here are harmless to people.

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Find these 15 words

15 words, adds diagonals

  • adder
  • anaconda
  • boa
  • cobra
  • corn snake
  • fangs
  • garter
  • kingsnake
  • mamba
  • python
  • rattler
  • scales
  • slither
  • venom
  • viper

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Words in the Snakes word search

Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.

cobra
Venomous snake that rears up and spreads a hood.
python
Heavy-bodied snake that coils around its prey.
viper
Snake with folding fangs that inject venom.
boa
Constricting snake of the Americas, often tree dwelling.
adder
Europe's common venomous snake, marked with a zigzag.
venom
Toxic fluid delivered through a bite.
fangs
Long teeth that carry venom into the prey.
mamba
Fast slender African snake with strong venom.
anaconda
Huge water snake of South American swamps and rivers.
rattler
Everyday name for the rattlesnake and its buzzing tail.
garter
Common striped North American snake of gardens and ponds.
scales
Dry plates covering a snake and helping it grip.
slither
The way a snake moves by curving its body.
kingsnake
Snake that hunts and eats other snakes.
corn snake
Gentle orange North American snake kept as a pet.
copperhead
Venomous American snake with a coppery head.
cottonmouth
Semi-aquatic snake that gapes to show a white mouth.
sidewinder
Desert rattlesnake that loops sideways across sand.
constrictor
Snake that squeezes prey until it cannot breathe.
taipan
Australian snake with some of the strongest venom known.

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