Grass snake Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
    ringed snake; ring snake; Natrix natrix.
  2. noun any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
    garter snake.
  3. noun either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color
    green snake.

WordNet

Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) The common English, or ringed, snake (Tropidonotus natrix). (b) The common green snake of the Northern United States. See Green snake, under Green.

Webster 1913