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RING-NECKED SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ring-necked snake mean? 

RING-NECKED SNAKE (noun)
  The noun RING-NECKED SNAKE has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neckplay

  Familiarity information: RING-NECKED SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RING-NECKED SNAKE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

ring-necked snake; ring snake; ringneck snake

Hypernyms ("ring-necked snake" is a kind of...):

colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)

Holonyms ("ring-necked snake" is a member of...):

Diadophis; genus Diadophis (a genus of reptiles of the family Colubridae including ringneck snakes)


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