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Definition: garter snake
garter snake
n : any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped
viviparous North American and Central American snakes
[syn:
grass snake]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Garter snake
Garter
\Gar"ter\, n. [OE. gartier, F. jarreti[`e]re, fr. OF.
garet bend of the knee, F. jarret; akin to Sp. garra claw,
Prov. garra leg. See
Garrote.]
1. A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on
the leg.
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2. The distinguishing badge of the highest order of
knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the
Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.
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3. (Her.) Same as
Bendlet.
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Garter fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the genus
Lepidopus,
having a long, flat body, like the blade of a sword; the
scabbard fish.
Garter king-at-arms, the chief of the official heralds of
England, king-at-arms to the Order of the Garter; -- often
abbreviated to
Garter.
Garter snake (Zo["o]l.), one of several harmless American
snakes of the genus
Eut[ae]nia, of several species (esp.
E. saurita and
E. sirtalis); one of the striped
snakes; -- so called from its conspicuous stripes of
color.
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Snake
\Snake\, n. [AS. snaca; akin to LG. snake, schnake, Icel.
sn[=a]kr, sn?kr, Dan. snog, Sw. snok; of uncertain origin.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent,
whether harmless or venomous. See
Ophidia, and
Serpent.
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Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.
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Blind snake,
Garter snake,
Green snake,
King snake,
Milk snake,
Rock snake,
Water snake, etc. See under
Blind,
Garter, etc.
Fetich snake (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake (
Python Seb[ae]
) used by the natives as a fetich.
Ringed snake (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
(
Tropidonotus natrix).
Snake eater. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.
Snake fence, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]
Snake fly (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus
Rhaphidia; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.
Snake gourd (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant (
Trichosanthes anguina
) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.
Snake killer. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.
Snake moss (Bot.), the common club moss (
Lycopodium clavatum
). See
Lycopodium.
Snake nut (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
(
Ophiocaryon paradoxum) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.
Tree snake (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus
Dendrophis and allied
genera.
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