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Natrix

noun
1.
Water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus.  Synonym: genus Natrix.



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"Natrix" Quotes from Famous Books



... (Anguis fragilis), which is generally seen in moist meadow ground. It is from 10 to 16 inches in length, and quite harmless. Strictly speaking, it is a lizard, not a snake. The only other kind is the common grass snake (coluber natrix). This is fairly common. The writer has seen three linked together, lying on a bank in Kirkby-lane, a favourite walk near Woodhall. If taken unawares, without time to escape, it will hiss and make a show of fight, but it is perfectly harmless and defenceless, ...
— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood - Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter • J. Conway Walter
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Words linked to "Natrix" :   banded water snake, genus Natrix, Colubridae, Natrix sipedon, common water snake, water moccasin, Nerodia sipedon, family Colubridae, Natrix maura, reptile genus


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