NOUN | animal | ring snake, grass snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar |
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animal | ring snake, ringneck snake, ring-necked snake | any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck |
Meaning | harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England. | |
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Synonyms | grass snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix | |
Narrower | viperine grass snake, Natrix maura | A small harmless grass snake |
Broader | water snake | Any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water |
Spanish | culebra de collar | |
Catalan | Natrix natrix |
Meaning | Any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck. | |
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Synonyms | ringneck snake, ring-necked snake | |
Member of | Diadophis, genus Diadophis | A genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes |
Broader | colubrid snake, colubrid | Mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial / terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes |
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