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BANDED WATER SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does banded water snake mean? 

BANDED WATER SNAKE (noun)
  The noun BANDED WATER SNAKE has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from waterplay

  Familiarity information: BANDED WATER SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BANDED WATER SNAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

banded water snake; common water snake; Natrix sipedon; Nerodia sipedon

Hypernyms ("banded water snake" is a kind of...):

water snake (any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water)

Holonyms ("banded water snake" is a member of...):

genus Natrix; Natrix (water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus)


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