grass snake

Noun

Meaning

harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes

either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

green snake garter snake ring snake Natrix natrix ringed snake viper asp snake adder black rat water snake common european viper european adder european viper whip snake

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Hypernyms

colubrid water snake colubrid snake

Hyponyms

ribbon snake Natrix maura thamnophis sirtalis rough green snake smooth green snake common garter snake

Examples

Germanic Schnake "ring snake", Swedish snok "grass snake"), from Proto-Indo-European root *(s)nēg-o- "to crawl", "to creep", which also gave sneak as well as Sanskrit nāgá "snake". Source: Internet

Four species of snake occur: the viperine snake ( Natrix maura ); grass snake ; false smooth snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus) and the ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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