English noun: grass snake |
1. | grass snake (animal) harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England |
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| Synonyms | Natrix natrix, ring snake, ringed snake |
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| Broader (hypernym) | water snake |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Natrix maura, viperine grass snake |
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2. | grass snake (animal) any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes |
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| Synonyms | garter snake |
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| Broader (hypernym) | colubrid, colubrid snake |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | common garter snake, ribbon snake, Thamnophis proximus, Thamnophis sauritus, Thamnophis sirtalis, Western ribbon snake |
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| Member meronym | genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis |
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3. | grass snake (animal) either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
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| Synonyms | green snake |
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| Broader (hypernym) | colubrid, colubrid snake |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Opheodrys aestivus, Opheodrys vernalis, rough green snake, smooth green snake |
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| Member meronym | genus Opheodrys, Opheodrys |
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