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Definition of Green snake

1. Noun. Any of numerous African colubrid snakes.

2. Noun. Either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Green Snake

green rooms green rouge green salad green sand green screen green screens green sea green sea turtle green sea turtles green sickness

green slip green slips green smoothie green smut green smut fungus green snake (current term) green soap green soap tincture green soybean green spleenwort

green spot green spots green sputum green state green sulfur bacteria green tax green taxes green tea green teas

Literary usage of Green snake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"These reptiles show arboreal habits and are mainly insectivorous. A description of the only North American species follows: THE KEELED-SCALED green snake; ..."

2. Sources of Ancient and Primitive Law by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"It dived down into the ground. the green snake went down close by, and the brown one in another spot. Three springs arose to mark the place where they ..."

3. Mount Omi and Beyond: A Record of Travel on the Thibetan Border by Archibald John Little (1901)
"... the Thieves' Rest—green snake—Wild Boars—Strings of Salt Porters—Exhausted by Heat—Thanks to a Taoist Mine—Ta Wei—Plucky Pony ! ..."

4. Evolution of Law: Select Readings on the Origin and Development of Legal by Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore (1915)
"It dived down into the ground, the green snake went down close by, and the brown one in another spot. Three springs arose to mark the place where they ..."

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