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grass snake

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables
grass s-nake
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.

noun

A snake of either of the two species of genus Opheodrys of nonvenomous green snakes of North America:

noun

A snake of either of the two species of genus Opheodrys of nonvenomous green snakes of North America:

Inflected Forms

grass snakes (plural)

Phrases

barred grass snake European grass snake Swinhoe's grass snake viperine grass snake snake in the grass

Frequently Paired Words

snake in the grass

Synonyms

European grass snake green snake garter snake ring snake ringed snake natrix natrix

Questions

What does grass snake mean?
A nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.

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