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Water snake   /wˈɔtər sneɪk/   Listen
Water snake

noun
1.
Any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water.



Related searches:
banded water snake
common water snake


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"Water snake" Quotes from Famous Books



... reason for this association, a water-snake would have been chosen to express the symbolism; or, if it was the mere rippling motion of the reptile, that all snakes or any snake would have been drawn into the analogy. But primarily only one kind of snake, a cobra, was selected[449]; and it is not a water snake, and cannot live in or under water. It was selected because it was venomous and the appropriate ...
— The Evolution of the Dragon • G. Elliot Smith


Words linked to "Water snake" :   Natrix natrix, common water snake, colubrid, Nerodia sipedon, water moccasin, ring snake, banded water snake, Natrix sipedon, grass snake, colubrid snake, ringed snake


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