GRASS SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grass snake mean? 

• GRASS SNAKE (noun)
  The noun GRASS SNAKE has 3 senses:

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

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

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

  Familiarity information: GRASS SNAKE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRASS SNAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass snake; Natrix natrix; ring snake; ringed snake

Hypernyms ("grass snake" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grass snake"):

Natrix maura; viperine grass snake (a small harmless grass snake)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

garter snake; grass snake

Hypernyms ("grass snake" is a kind of...):

colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grass snake"):

common garter snake; Thamnophis sirtalis (a garter snake that is widespread in North America)

ribbon snake; Thamnophis sauritus (slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places)

Thamnophis proximus; Western ribbon snake (yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics)

Holonyms ("grass snake" is a member of...):

genus Thamnophis; Thamnophis (garter snakes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass snake; green snake

Hypernyms ("grass snake" is a kind of...):

colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grass snake"):

Opheodrys vernalis; smooth green snake (of western and central United States)

Opheodrys aestivus; rough green snake (of southern and eastern United States)

Holonyms ("grass snake" is a member of...):

genus Opheodrys; Opheodrys (North American green snakes)