noun
slender yellow-striped North American garter snake; prefers wet places (Freq. 2)
• Syn: ↑Thamnophis sauritus
• Hypernyms: ↑garter snake, ↑grass snake
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noun : a common No. American garter snake (Thamnophis saurita) found chiefly in wet places that is slender and striped with bright yellow and dark brown
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either of two long-tailed garter snakes, Thamnophis proximus or T. sauritus, of eastern and central North America, having a brownish body and yellow or orange stripes.
[1730-40, Amer.]
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ribbon snake,
a small, striped garter snake common in the central and eastern United States.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.