| NOUN | animal | green snake | any of numerous African colubrid snakes |
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| animal | green snake, grass snake | either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color |
| Meaning | Any of numerous African colubrid snakes. | |
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| Member of | Chlorophis, genus Chlorophis | African green snakes |
| Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
| Spanish | serpiente verde | |
| Meaning | Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color. | |
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| Synonym | grass snake | |
| Member of | Opheodrys, genus Opheodrys | North American green snakes |
| Narrower | rough green snake, Opheodrys aestivus | Of southern and eastern United States |
| smooth green snake, Opheodrys vernalis | Of western and central United States | |
| Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
| Spanish | culebra de collar, serpiente verde | |
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