游蛇

[ noun ]
harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
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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 {Serpent}.

Note: Snakes are abundant in all warm countries, and much the
larger number are harmless to man.

{Blind snake}, {Garter snake}, {Green snake}, {King snake},
{Milk snake}, {Rock snake}, {Water snake}, etc. See under
{Blind}, {Garter}, etc.

{Fetich snake} (Zo["o]l.), a large African snake ({Python
Seb[ae]}) used by the natives as a fetich.

{Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a common European columbrine snake
({Tropidonotus natrix}).

{Snake eater}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The markhoor.
(b) The secretary bird.

{Snake fence}, a worm fence (which see). [U.S.]

{Snake fly} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
neuropterous insects of the genus {Rhaphidia}; -- so
called because of their large head and elongated neck and
prothorax.

{Snake gourd} (Bot.), a cucurbitaceous plant ({Trichosanthes
anguina}) having the fruit shorter and less snakelike than
that of the serpent cucumber.

{Snake killer}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The secretary bird.
(b) The chaparral cock.

{Snake moss} (Bot.), the common club moss ({Lycopodium
clavatum}). See {Lycopodium}.

{Snake nut} (Bot.), the fruit of a sapindaceous tree
({Ophiocaryon paradoxum}) of Guiana, the embryo of which
resembles a snake coiled up.

{Tree snake} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
colubrine snakes which habitually live in trees,
especially those of the genus {Dendrophis} and allied
genera.


Ringed \Ringed\, a.
1. Encircled or marked with, or as with, a ring or rings.

2. Wearning a wedding ring; hence, lawfully wedded. ``A
ringed wife.'' --Tennyson.

{Ringed seal} (Zo["o]l.), a North Pacific seal ({Phoca
f[oe]tida}) having ringlike spots on the body.

{Ringed snake} (Zo["o]l.), a harmless European snake
({Tropidonotus natrix}) common in England.

{Ringed worm} (Zo["o]l.), an annelid.