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• n  any of numerous nonvenomous North American constrictors; feed on other snakes and small mammals

• kingsnake

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• 'Lizard King' fossil named for dead rock singer, poet
  Jim Morrison was a king of sorts, at least in his own mind. The lead singer of the Doors sang in one cover song that he was “a king bee.” In another, he said, “I’m the crawlin’ king snake.” But Morrison most famously wrote in a poem that he was “the Lizard King,” a name that stuck. So naturally, when a paleontologist who happens to be a Doors fan came across the fossil of a giant lizard, one of ...
  June 5, 2013 - Standard-Examiner
• It's official: Doors singer Jim Morrison is truly the lizard king
  Jim Morrison was a king of sorts, at least in his own mind. The lead singer of the Doors sang in one cover song that he was "a king bee." In another, he said, "I'm the crawlin' king snake."
  June 5, 2013 - The Troy Record