RING SNAKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ring snake mean? 

• RING SNAKE (noun)
  The noun RING SNAKE has 2 senses:

1. harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RING SNAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

grass snake; Natrix natrix; ring snake; ringed snake

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

water snake (any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ring snake"):

Natrix maura; viperine grass snake (a small harmless grass snake)

Sense 2

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 snake" is a kind of...):

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

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

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