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Meanings of green snake in English

Spanish
culebra de collar

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

culebra de collar
Synonyms
Examples for "grass snake"
Examples for "grass snake"
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
Usage of green snake in English
1
Flemming started as if a green snake had suddenly crossed his path.
Hyperion
2
He touched her cheek with his hand, spiraled in a black-and- green snake tattoo.
House of Bathory
3
It is nothing but a green snake, and a small one at that.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
4
This animated liana turned out to be a pale- green snake, the Dryophis fulgida.
The Naturalist on the River Amazons
5
A tattooed green snake seemed to be escaping out of the left-hand bandage.
Nocturnal
6
Now he is flower, dragon-fly, woman, black-cat, green snake; Hell's a-burning, burning, burning.
Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies
7
A small apple- green snake lay coiled among the parchments, soaking up the sun's warmth.
The frog princess
8
He had huge ears, like fans, and a nose like a thick, grey- green snake.
Rogues
9
The chequered green snake of Canada is not poisonous.
Lady Mary and Her Nurse; Or, A Peep into the Canadian Forest
10
A bright- green snake slithered quickly away as they approached.
The Lost World
11
Curled atop the box was a slim green snake.
Wizard and glass
12
A little green snake ran coquettishly from us.
The Shape of Fear
13
Ptolly's cat burst out of the bushes with a small green snake wriggling in his mouth.
Cleopatra's Moon
14
She opened the basket and out came a long green snake, which fastened itself around her neck.
The Enchanted Island
15
Instead of shuddering with horror at the little green snake, watch him as carefully as you can.
Friends and Helpers
16
The only reptile on the island is a very vivid and beautiful green snake, which is exceedingly abundant.
Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.
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Translations for green snake
Green snake through the time
Green snake across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common