noun
1. any of numerous African colubrid snakes
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophis, ↑genus Chlorophis
2. either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
• Syn: ↑grass snake
• Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid
• Hyponyms: ↑smooth green snake, ↑Opheodrys vernalis, ↑rough green snake, ↑Opheodrys aestivus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Opheodrys, ↑genus Opheodrys
Useful english dictionary. 2012.