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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 neck
Familiarity information: RING-NECKED SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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