grass snake

Questions about grass snake

What does grass snake mean?

grass snake means "harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for grass snake?

Close synonyms include ring snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix, garter snake, green snake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grass snake a common word?

grass snake is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.