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Meanings of grass snake in anglès

portuguès
cobra-de-água-de-colar

Harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England.

cobra-de-água-de-colar
espanyol
serpiente de jarretera

Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes.

serpiente de jarretera
Sinònims
Examples for "ring snake"
Examples for "ring snake"
1
The ring snake is not a constrictor, yet he thus tied himself round the tree by the coils of his tail.
A Book of Natural History / Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.
1
To this belong the various kinds of toads, ringed snakes, water-frogs, tree-frogs, etc.
The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
espanyol
culebra de collar

Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color.

culebra de collar
Usage of grass snake in anglès
1
To demonstrate his point, he draped a grass snake around the teacher's neck.
The new yorker
2
Its tail first lashed my calf, then wrapped around it like a grass snake.
Full dark, no stars
3
Look, he has killed a grass snake; how would you like to be treated so?
The Bishop and Other Stories
4
Granpa Chook stood inside the circle; held firmly in his beak was a three-foot grass snake.
The power of one
5
It's friendly to man, the grass snake is.
The Bishop and Other Stories
6
What have you killed a grass snake for?
The Bishop and Other Stories
7
There were more orchids of a different species and a grass snake hunting frogs in a pool.
The Guardian
8
On that same ride I spotted an owl, rabbits and a grass snake wriggling into a bush.
The Guardian
9
I'd never seen a grass snake or slow worm before and was excited that I might see them.
The Guardian
10
The grass snake is speckled.
Four dukes and a devil
11
Twisted and partly coiled on the mold, where it had been clubbed to death, was a little green grass snake.
The River's End
12
He remembered the murder of the grass snake, listened to Dymov's laughter, and felt something like hatred for the man.
The Bishop and Other Stories
13
And sometimes Avery would find a little grass snake in the hay, and would add it to the other things in his pocket.
Charlotte’s Web
14
If there is a gap in your knowledge and you put a mamba into the car instead of a grass snake, things could get interesting.
The South African
15
They are also a habitat for worms, woodlice, fungi, frogs, grass snakes and spiders.
The Guardian
16
I like to watch water voles and grass snakes.
The Guardian
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