ring snake

noun

1. harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

• Syn: ↑grass snake, ↑ringed snake, ↑Natrix natrix

• Hypernyms: ↑water snake

• Hyponyms: ↑viperine grass snake, ↑Natrix maura

2. any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

• Syn: ↑ringneck snake, ↑ring-necked snake

• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid

• Member Holonyms: ↑Diadophis, ↑genus Diadophis

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variant of ringed snake

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1. See grass snake (def. 1).

2. See ring-neck snake.

Also, ringed snake.

[1770-80, Amer.]

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ring snake noun

1. A common English snake, the grass-snake (also ringed snake)

2. A harmless American snake with yellow collar

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Main Entry: ↑ring

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ring snake,

= ringneck snake. (Cf. ↑ringneck snake)