grass snake

/græs sneɪk/

Other forms: grass snakes

Definitions of grass snake

1. noun

   harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
   synonyms: Natrix natrix, ring snake, ringed snake

   types:

   Natrix maura, viperine grass snake

   a small harmless grass snake

   type of:

   water snake

   any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water
2. noun

   a small, nonvenomous snake with stripes, common in North and Central America
   synonyms: garter snake

   types:

   Thamnophis sirtalis, common garter snake

   a garter snake that is widespread in North America

   Thamnophis sauritus, ribbon snake

   slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places

   Thamnophis proximus, Western ribbon snake

   yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics

   type of:

   colubrid, colubrid snake

   mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
3. noun

   either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
   synonyms: green snake

   types:

   Opheodrys vernalis, smooth green snake

   of western and central United States

   Opheodrys aestivus, rough green snake

   of southern and eastern United States

   type of:

   colubrid, colubrid snake

   mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes