'Garter snake' definitions:
Definition of 'garter snake'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes [syn: garter snake, grass snake]
Definition of 'Garter snake'
From: GCIDE
- Snake \Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel. sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.] (Zool.) Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the larger number are harmless to man. [1913 Webster]
- Blind snake, Garter snake, Green snake, King snake, Milk snake, Rock snake, Water snake, etc. See under Blind, Garter, etc.
- Fetich snake (Zool.), a large African snake ({Python Sebae}) used by the natives as a fetich.
- Ringed snake (Zool.), a common European columbrine snake (Tropidonotus natrix).
- Snake eater. (Zool.) (a) The markhoor. (b) The secretary bird.
- Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
- Snake fly (Zool.), any one of several species of neuropterous insects of the genus Rhaphidia; -- so called because of their large head and elongated neck and prothorax.
- Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than that of the serpent cucumber.
- Snake killer. (Zool.) (a) The secretary bird. (b) The chaparral cock.
- Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium clavatum}). See Lycopodium.
- Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree (Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which resembles a snake coiled up.
- Tree snake (Zool.), any one of numerous species of colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees, especially those of the genus Dendrophis and allied genera. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Garter snake'
From: GCIDE
- Garter \Gar"ter\, n. [OE. gartier, F. jarreti[`e]re, fr. OF. garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw, Prov. garra leg. See Garrote.]
- 1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Her.) Same as Bendlet. [1913 Webster]
- Garter fish (Zool.), a fish of the genus Lepidopus, having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the scabbard fish.
- Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often abbreviated to Garter.
- Garter snake (Zool.), one of several harmless American snakes of the genus Eut[ae]nia, of several species (esp. E. saurita and E. sirtalis); one of the striped snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of color. [1913 Webster]