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garter snake
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garter snake
n.
Any of various nonvenomous North and Central American snakes of the genus Thamnophis, having longitudinal stripes.
garter snake
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any nonvenomous North American colubrid snake of the genus Thamnophis, typically marked with longitudinal stripes
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Noun1.garter snake - any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakesgarter snake - any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
grass snake
colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis - garter snakes
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
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