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Meaning of WATER SNAKE

Pronunciation:  'wotur sneyk

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water
 
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 See Also: banded water snake, colubrid, colubrid snake, common water snake, grass snake, Natrix natrix, Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, ring snake, ringed snake, water moccasin

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wa"ter snake`\ (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) A common North American colubrine snake ({Tropidonotus
       sipedon}) which lives chiefly in the water.
   (b) Any species of snakes of the family {Homalopsid[ae]},
       all of which are aquatic in their habits.
 
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