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I grew up in Florida, so every now and then, we'd have a garter snake in the lawn. But I'm not super okay with them.
Maulik Pancholy

Meaning of "garter snake" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GARTER SNAKE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARTER SNAKE

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Garter snake is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GARTER SNAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Garter snake

The garter snake is a colubrid snake genus common across North America, ranging from the Alaskan Panhandle to Central America. It is the single most widely distributed genus of reptiles in North America. The garter snake is also the Massachusetts state reptile. With no real consensus on the classification of species of Thamnophis, disagreement among taxonomists and sources, such as field guides, over whether two types of snakes are separate species or subspecies of the same species is common. They are also closely related to the snakes of the genus Nerodia with some species having been moved back and forth between genera.

Definition of garter snake in the English dictionary

The definition of garter snake in the dictionary is any nonvenomous North American colubrid snake of the genus Thamnophis, typically marked with longitudinal stripes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GARTER SNAKE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE GARTER SNAKE

blacksnake
blind snake
brown snake
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coral snake
diamond snake
glass snake
gopher snake
grass snake
hognose snake
indigo snake
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Synonyms and antonyms of garter snake in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «garter snake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GARTER SNAKE

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The translations of garter snake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garter snake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

乌梢蛇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serpiente de liga
570 millions of speakers

English

garter snake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गेटिस साँप
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ثعبان سام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подвязки змея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

serpente de liga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গাটার সর্প
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

couleuvre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ular garter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Strumpfbandnatter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガータースネーク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가터 뱀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Snake garter
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sọc rắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாலர் பாம்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पायमोज्याचा बंद साप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mendil yılanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giarrettiera serpente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podwiązki Snake
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підв´язки змія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jartieră șarpe
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

καλτσοδέτα φίδι
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

kousband slang
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

strumpeband orm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

garter snake
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about garter snake

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Maulik Pancholy
I grew up in Florida, so every now and then, we'd have a garter snake in the lawn. But I'm not super okay with them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARTER SNAKE»

Discover the use of garter snake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garter snake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Garter Snakes
How does a garter snake protect itself from its enemies7 The first thing a garter snake will do is try to escape. As it slides away, its stripes confuse the enemy. The stripes on a moving snake make it hard for the enemy to tell what part of the ...
Doug Wechsler, 2001
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Wildlife of Pennsylvania and the Northeast
Of the twenty-two garter snake species currently recognized, fourteen live in North America. One, the eastern garter snake, is our continent's most widely distributed reptile. Garter snakes are so named because the lines or stripes running ...
Charles Fergus, 2000
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Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World
The giant garter snake was listed as threatened by the State of California in 1971 and by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1993. This species is more aquatic than most other species of garter snake and occupies small lakes, open ...
‎2001
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Snakes of the Southeast
How do you identify an eastern garter snake? SCALES Keeled ANAL PLATE Single BODY SHAPE Moderately stocky BODY PATTERN AND COLOR Highly variable but typically with a dark body and either three stripes (usually yellowish) or a ...
J. Whitfield Gibbons, Michael E. Dorcas, 2005
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles
Thamnophis atratus 478 i 8034 8035 8036 8038 8039 8040 Serpenti giarrettiera Thamnophis atratus Squamata - Colubridae e California Garter Snake; Middle California Garter Snake; Western Coast Garter Snake; Pacific Coast Garter Snake; ...
Murray Wrobel, 2004
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Garter Snake (Thamnophis) Natural History: Food Habits and ...
Geographic variation in the foraging behavior of the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 12:43-48. Fitch, H. S. 1941a. Geographic variation in garter snakes of the species Thamnophis sirtalis in the pacific coast region of ...
Michael J. Edgehouse, 2008
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Wildlife of Virginia and Maryland and Washington
Of the twenty-two garter snake species currently recognized, fourteen live in North America. One, the eastern garter snake, is our continent's most widely distributed reptile. Garter snakes are so named because the lines or stripes running ...
Charles Fergus, 2003
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Adirondack Wildlife: A Field Guide
Common Garter Snake (lhamnophis sirtatts) Description: The garter snake is one of the most common snakes in the Adirondacks. Color patterns vary, but they often have yellowish side stripes on a brown background. There are two rows of ...
James M. Ryan, 2009
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Garter and Ribbon Snakes
The eastern black- necked garter snake is brightly colored and precisely patterned. lateral to dorsal stripe, while others may lack much of the red. The head of this race is black. In distribution, the New Mexico garter snake, T. s. dorsalis, ...
Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia Pope Bartlett, 2001
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Snakes
... ornata) Fox snake (Elaphe vulpina) Garter snakes (Thamnophis) Garter snake, checkered (Thamnophis marcianus) Garter snake, Chicago (Thamnophis sirtalis semifasciatus) Garter snake, common (Thamnophis sirtalis) Garter snake, ...
John Netherton

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARTER SNAKE»

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Walden Pond still inspires 170 years later - Philly.com
My sons and I skipped rocks on the pond, fed the ducks, followed a frantic chipmunk, and closely examined a garter snake sunning itself on the ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
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Nature is hot and cool at day camp | Lifestyle | yakimaherald.com
Back to the natural discoveries department, so far this summer campers have spotted robins, swallows, a garter snake, rabbits, squirrels, snails, ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
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Eight Tips for Staying Safe Around Snakes (ICYMI) | Fairfax City, VA …
... non-venomous snakes include the Eastern ratsnake, the Northern ring-necked snake, the Northern black racer and the Eastern garter snake. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Church shopper no 'snake in the grass'
Ronne has loved snakes since catching a garter snake at age 10, Burcham said. “Snakes are not his income per se, it's the reptile cages he ... «Muncie Star Press, Jul 15»
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Eight Tips for Staying Safe Around Snake
... non-venomous snakes include the Eastern ratsnake, the Northern ring-necked snake, the Northern black racer and the Eastern garter snake. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Losing a lawsuit can mean financial gain
... at Sharp Park, where two species' habitats are located - the endangered San Francisco garter snake and the threatened red-legged frog. «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
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garter snake
Murph and Charlie were on their way to dig tunnels in the flower bed when Murph spotted trouble approaching from the rough growth at the ... «The Batavian, Jul 15»
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Pilarcitos Creek pedestrian bridge replacement likely delayed
One calls for "permanent mitigation for temporary potential impacts to the red legged frog and San Francisco garter snake." The other has to do ... «Half Moon Bay Review, Jul 15»
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Eight Tips for Staying Safe Around Snakes
... non-venomous snakes include the Eastern ratsnake, the Northern ring-necked snake, the Northern black racer and the Eastern garter snake. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Rick Brockway: Black water snakes aren't the only things biting this …
Speaking of snakes, the common garter snake will bite as well. They don't have tangs like a rattlesnake, but their small, sharp teeth can hold ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

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