| grass snake n. Any of several greenish nonvenomous snakes, especially Opheodrys vernalis of eastern North America or Natrix natrix of Europe. |
grass snake
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a harmless nonvenomous European colubrid snake, Natrix natrix, having a brownish-green body with variable markings
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several similar related European snakes, such as Natrix maura (viperine grass snake)
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  grass snake - harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in Englandwater snake - any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water Natrix maura, viperine grass snake - a small harmless grass snake |
| 2. |  grass snake - any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakescolubrid, 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 | |
| 3. | grass snake - either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color colubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes genus Opheodrys, Opheodrys - North American green snakes Opheodrys vernalis, smooth green snake - of western and central United States Opheodrys aestivus, rough green snake - of southern and eastern United States |
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