GRASS SNAKE
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)
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)
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)
Meaning:
Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
green 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"):
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)
