noun
any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck
• Syn: ↑ringneck snake, ↑ring snake
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Diadophis, ↑genus Diadophis
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noun also ringneck snake : any of numerous small smooth colubrid snakes having a yellowish ring about the neck and constituting a genus (Diadophis) with representatives in all parts of the United States
Useful english dictionary. 2012.