grass snake

noun

A nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.

Similar
European grass snakering snakeringed snakeNatrix natrixgarter snakegreen snake
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Meanings

noungrass snake (plural grass snakes)

plural grass snakes

  1. A nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.

    Synonyms: European grass snake

  2. A snake of either of the two species of genus Opheodrys of nonvenomous green snakes of North America:
    1. A smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis)
    2. A rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.

Similar
European grass snake

More synonyms by meaning

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

Similar
ring snakeringed snakeNatrix natrix
Broader
water snake

nounany of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes

Similar
garter snake
Broader
colubrid snakecolubrid

nouneither of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color

Similar
green snake
Broader
colubrid snakecolubrid
Also see
garter snakegreen snakeringed snakewater adder

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque suge gorbatadun
  • suge gorbatadunNatrix natrix
Bulgarian смок
  • смок (smok)Natrix natrix
Catalan serp de collaret
  • serp de collaretNatrix natrix
Chinese Mandarin 水遊蛇 /水游蛇, 水蛇
  • 水遊蛇 /水游蛇 (shuǐyóushé)Natrix natrix
  • 水蛇 (shuǐshé)Natrix natrix
Czech užovka
  • užovkaNatrix natrix
Danish snog
  • snogNatrix natrix
Dutch ringslang
  • ringslangNatrix natrix
Estonian nastik
  • nastikNatrix natrix
Finnish rantakäärme
  • rantakäärmeNatrix natrix
French couleuvre à collier
  • couleuvre à collierNatrix natrix
German Ringelnatter
  • RingelnatterNatrix natrix
Hungarian vízisikló
  • vízisiklóNatrix natrix
Icelandic grassnákur
  • grassnákurNatrix natrix
Irish nathair féir
  • nathair féirNatrix natrix
Italian biscia dal collare, natrice dal collare
  • biscia dal collareNatrix natrix
  • natrice dal collareNatrix natrix
Japanese ヤマカガシ
  • ヤマカガシ (yamakagashi)Natrix natrix
Korean 풀뱀
  • 풀뱀 (pulbaem)Natrix natrix
Latvian zalktis
  • zalktisNatrix natrix
Lithuanian žaltys
  • žaltysNatrix natrix
Norwegian buorm
  • buormNatrix natrix
Polish zaskroniec
  • zaskroniecNatrix natrix
Portuguese cobra-de-água-de-colar
  • cobra-de-água-de-colarNatrix natrix
Romanian șarpe de casă
  • șarpe de casăNatrix natrix
Russian уж, обыкнове́нный уж
  • уж (už)Natrix natrix
  • обыкнове́нный уж (obyknovénnyj už)Natrix natrix
Slovak užovka
  • užovkaNatrix natrix
Spanish culebra de collar
  • culebra de collarNatrix natrix
Swedish snok
  • snokNatrix natrix
Turkish su yılanı
  • su yılanıNatrix natrix
Ukrainian вуж
  • вуж (vuž)Natrix natrix
Vietnamese rắn cỏ
  • rắn cỏNatrix natrix
Welsh neidr y glaswellt, neidr fraith
  • neidr y glaswelltNatrix natrix
  • neidr fraithNatrix natrix
  • neidr lwydNatrix natrix
  • neidr y gwairNatrix natrix
Cite this entry
APA

grass snake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grass%20snake

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Chicago

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