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GARTER SNAKE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakesplay

Synonyms:

garter snake; grass snake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

common garter snake; Thamnophis sirtalis (a garter snake that is widespread in North America)

ribbon snake; Thamnophis sauritus (slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places)

Thamnophis proximus; Western ribbon snake (yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics)

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

genus Thamnophis; Thamnophis (garter snakes)

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