banded water snake

banded water snake
noun
in some classifications placed in the genus Nerodia; western United States snake that seldom ventures far from water
Hypernyms: ↑water snake
Member Holonyms: ↑Natrix, ↑genus Natrix

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noun
: a common No. American water snake (Natrix sipedon) represented in the United States by several widely distributed subspecies

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