noun
1. harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
• Syn: ↑grass snake, ↑ringed snake, ↑Natrix natrix
• Hypernyms: ↑water snake
• Hyponyms: ↑viperine grass snake, ↑Natrix maura
2. any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
• Syn: ↑ringneck snake, ↑ring-necked snake
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Diadophis, ↑genus Diadophis
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variant of ringed snake
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2. See ring-neck snake.
Also, ringed snake.
[1770-80, Amer.]
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ring snake noun
1. A common English snake, the grass-snake (also ringed snake)
2. A harmless American snake with yellow collar
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Main Entry: ↑ring
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ring snake,
= ringneck snake. (Cf. ↑ringneck snake)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.