Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of colubrine snakes to which various limits have been given.
- n. A snake of this genus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus
Etymologies
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Examples
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In my experience lay people find it utterly inconceivable that it’s not a snake, and most think that it’s a ‘grass snake’ (the true Grass snake Natrix natrix is an amphibious colubrid that’s normally between 60-100 cm long).
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Among non-venomous snakes are water snake (Natrix natrix), rat snakes (Coluber), blind wormsnake (Typhlops vermicularis).
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Palearctic reptiles and amphibians are also found in the ecoregion, for example Natrix natrix and the amphibians Bufo regularis, Rana ridibunda and Bufo viridis.
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The most common reptiles are Lacerta viridis, Chalcides chalcides, Psamodromus hispanicus, Natrix natrix, and N. maura.
Northeastern Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
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"I think it's now more im - perative than ever that I have a talk with Londa, the domi - natrix Mick is so attached to."
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Pistacia lentiscus, Peganum harmala, Agave americana, Anonis natrix, rubus discolor and Ruta montana.
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Snakes (_Coluber natrix_ and other species), vipers (_Vipera berus_ and _V. ammodytes_), and land and water tortoises are numerous.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
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The only other kind is the common grass snake (coluber natrix).
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Country people talk much of a water-snake, but, I am pretty sure, without any reason; for the common snake (_coluber natrix_) delights much to sport in the water, perhaps with a view to procure frogs and other food.
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Jeune couleuvre à collier Natrix natrix prenant le soleil entre les nénuphars de la mare.
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