grass snake

English Thesaurus

1. either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	colubrid, colubrid snake,
definition	:	mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	opheodrys vernalis, smooth green snake,
definition	:	of western and central United States (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	opheodrys aestivus, rough green snake,
definition	:	of southern and eastern United States (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus opheodrys, opheodrys,
definition	:	North American green snakes (noun.animal)

2. any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	colubrid, colubrid snake,
definition	:	mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	common garter snake, thamnophis sirtalis,
definition	:	a garter snake that is widespread in North America (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ribbon snake, thamnophis sauritus,
definition	:	slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	thamnophis proximus, western ribbon snake,
definition	:	yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus thamnophis, thamnophis,
definition	:	garter snakes (noun.animal)

3. harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	water snake,
definition	:	any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	natrix maura, viperine grass snake,
definition	:	a small harmless grass snake (noun.animal)