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water snake

DEFINITIONS OF: water snake

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n any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water

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Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, banded water snake, common water snake
in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
water moccasin
any of numerous North American water snakes inhabiting fresh waters
Natrix natrix, grass snake, ring snake, ringed snake
harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
Natrix maura, viperine grass snake
a small harmless grass snake
Type of:
colubrid, colubrid snake
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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