Meaning of WATER SNAKE
| Pronunciation: | | 'wotur sneyk
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water |
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| | See Also: | | banded water snake, colubrid, colubrid snake, common water snake, grass snake, Natrix natrix, Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, ring snake, ringed snake, water moccasin | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Wa"ter snake`\ (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A common North American colubrine snake ({Tropidonotus
sipedon}) which lives chiefly in the water.
(b) Any species of snakes of the family {Homalopsid[ae]},
all of which are aquatic in their habits.
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