grass snake
Also called ring snake. a common European snake, Natrix natrix, having a collar of bright orange or yellow.
any of various small, slender snakes of North America, as the garter snake or green snake.
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How to use grass snake in a sentence
The shriek of the field-mouse startled you no more, nor the swift dry rustle of the grass-snake.
Rest Harrow | Maurice HewlettGrass-snake and viper have crawled away into warm hiding places in banks or among the roots of trees.
In the West Country | Francis A. KnightThere, curled up under the tiny spear of green, was a young grass snake about three inches long.
Natalie: A Garden Scout | Lillian Elizabeth RoyHe had expended the enormous sum of a shilling the day before on a grass snake.
More William | Richmal CromptonI will run from a snake no longer than your little finger—in fact, I'm just as scared of a little grass snake as I am of a python.
The Hunted Woman | James Oliver Curwood
British Dictionary definitions for grass snake
a harmless nonvenomous European colubrid snake, Natrix natrix, having a brownish-green body with variable markings
any of several similar related European snakes, such as Natrix maura (viperine grass snake)
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