water snake

Noun

Meaning

A common North American colubrine snake (Tropidonotus sipedon) which lives chiefly in the water.

Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

reptile

Examples

The Lake Erie water snake, a subspecies of the northern water snake ( Nerodia sipedon ), lives in the vicinity of Ohio's Put-in-Bay Harbor, and had been put on the threatened species list. Source: Internet

By 2010, the water snake population was over 12,000 snakes. Source: Internet

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