Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ring_snake

2 senses of ring snake

Sense 1
grass snake, ring snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix -- (harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England)
       => water snake -- (any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water)

Sense 2
ringneck snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake -- (any of numerous small nonvenomous North American snakes with a yellow or orange ring around the neck)
       => colubrid snake, colubrid -- (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)