- green snake
- noun Date: 1709 either of two bright green harmless largely insectivorous North American colubrid snakes (Opheodrys vernalis and O. aestivus)
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Green 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Green Snake — (Ching Se) est un film hong kongais réalisé par Tsui Hark, sorti en 1993. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Autour du film … Wikipédia en Français
Green snake — Green Green (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Greener} (gr[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr[ u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr[ o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
green snake — green′ snake n. ram any slender, green colubrine snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America • Etymology: 1700–10, amer … From formal English to slang
green snake — ☆ green snake n. any of a genus (Opheodrys) of harmless, small and slender, green colubrid snakes of North America … English World dictionary
Green Snake — Infobox Film name = Green Snake director = Tsui Hark producer = Tsui Hark Ng See Yuen writer = Lilian Lee (novel) Tsui Hark starring = Maggie Cheung Joey Wong Vincent Zhao Wu Hsing Kuo released = 1993 runtime = 99 minutes country = flagicon|Hong… … Wikipedia
green snake — any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects. [1700 10, Amer.] * * * ▪ reptile any of several species belonging to the family Colubridae, named for their colour. The North American green snakes… … Universalium
green snake — noun 1. any of numerous African colubrid snakes • Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid • Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophis, ↑genus Chlorophis 2. either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
green snake — noun a harmless American snake with a green back and white or yellowish underparts. [Genus Opheodrys: two species.] … English new terms dictionary
green snake — /ˈgrin sneɪk/ (say green snayk) noun any of various snakes which are green or greenish in colour …
