'Water snake' definitions:

Definition of 'water snake'

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noun
Any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water

Definition of 'Water 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 'Water snake'

From: GCIDE
  • Water snake \Wa"ter snake`\ (Zool.) (a) A common North American colubrine snake ({Tropidonotus sipedon}) which lives chiefly in the water. (b) Any species of snakes of the family Homalopsidae, all of which are aquatic in their habits. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'water snake'

From: GCIDE
  • Water moccasin \Wa"ter moc"ca*sin\ (Zool.) A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus) allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes. Called also water snake, water adder, water viper. [1913 Webster]

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