'Water snake' definitions:
Definition of 'water snake'
From: WordNet
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]