Found 2 items, similar to Ringed snake.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ringed snake
ringed snake
n : harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common
in England [syn:
grass snake,
ring snake,
Natrix natrix
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ringed snake
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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Ringed
\Ringed\, a.
1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.
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2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded.
“A
ringed wife.” --Tennyson.
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Ringed seal (Zo["o]l.), a North Pacific seal (
Phoca f[oe]tida
) having ringlike spots on the body.
Ringed snake (Zo["o]l.), a harmless European snake
(
Tropidonotus natrix) common in England.
Ringed worm (Zo["o]l.), an annelid.
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