English noun: garter snake | |||
1. | garter snake (animal) any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes | ||
Synonyms | grass snake | ||
Broader (hypernym) | colubrid, colubrid snake | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | common garter snake, ribbon snake, Thamnophis proximus, Thamnophis sauritus, Thamnophis sirtalis, Western ribbon snake | ||
Member meronym | genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis | ||