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Definition of Grass snake
1. Noun. Harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England.
Generic synonyms: Water Snake
Specialized synonyms: Natrix Maura, Viperine Grass Snake
2. Noun. Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes.
Generic synonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis
Specialized synonyms: Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis Sirtalis, Ribbon Snake, Thamnophis Sauritus, Thamnophis Proximus, Western Ribbon Snake
3. Noun. Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color.
Generic synonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Opheodrys, Opheodrys
Specialized synonyms: Opheodrys Vernalis, Smooth Green Snake, Opheodrys Aestivus, Rough Green Snake
Definition of Grass snake
1. Noun. A nonvenomous snake, ''Natrix natrix'', native to Europe, with a yellow collar. ¹
2. Noun. A greenish nonvenomous snake, ''Opheodrys vernalis'', of North America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Grass snake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"The usual colour of the Grass- Snake is olive-grey or brown above, with black
spots and ... The usual length of an adult female Grass-Snake is about 3 feet, ..."
2. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1899)
"THE FOOD OF THE grass snake. By JB Williams, FZS, Toronto. ... The grass snake
is a beautiful little creature and perfectly harmless. ..."
3. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"GRASS-SNAKE (so called from its home). (1) One of the garter-snakes (qv). The name
especially applies to the unstriped greenish- brown variety of ..."
4. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1894)
"All along the back and sides are irregular blotches of rich warm brown bordered
with very dark brown. The grass snake ..."
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