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PRONUNCIATION OF GLASS SNAKE

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WHAT DOES GLASS SNAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

glass snake

Glass lizard

The glass lizards or glass snakes, are a genus, Ophisaurus, of reptiles that resemble snakes, but are actually lizards. Although most species have no legs, their head shapes, movable eyelids, and external ear openings identify them as lizards. A few species have very small, stub-like legs near their rear vents. These are vestigial organs, meaning they have evolved and are no longer in use. These animals are also known as jointed snakes. They reach lengths of up to 4 ft, but about two-thirds of this is the tail. Glass lizards feed on insects, spiders, other small reptiles, and young rodents. Their diets are limited by their inability to unhinge their jaws. Some glass lizards give birth to live young but most lay eggs. Their common name is because their tails are easily broken; like many lizards, they have the ability to deter predation by dropping off part of the tail which can break into several pieces, like glass. The tail remains mobile, distracting the predator, while the lizard becomes motionless, allowing eventual escape. This serious loss of body mass requires a considerable effort to replace, and can take up to years to do so.

Definition of glass snake in the English dictionary

The definition of glass snake in the dictionary is any snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, of Europe, Asia, and North America, with vestigial hind limbs and a tail that breaks off easily: family Anguidae.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLASS SNAKE

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glass-blower
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glass-maker
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glassed

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLASS SNAKE

blacksnake
blind snake
brown snake
bull snake
coral snake
diamond snake
garter snake
gopher snake
grass snake
hognose snake
indigo snake
king snake
milk snake
rat snake
rattlesnake
sea snake
snake
tiger snake
tree snake
water snake
whip snake

Synonyms and antonyms of glass snake in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «glass snake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLASS SNAKE

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The translations of glass 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 «glass snake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玻璃蛇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serpiente de cristal
570 millions of speakers

English

glass snake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांच साँप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزجاج ثعبان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стекло змея
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

serpente de vidro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাচ সর্প
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serpent de verre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ular kaca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glasschlange
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガラスヘビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유리 뱀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kaca ula
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủy tinh rắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்ணாடி பாம்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काचेच्या साप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cam yılan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetro serpente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkło wąż
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скло змія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sticlă șarpe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γυαλί φίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glas slang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glas orm
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glass slange
5 millions of speakers

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The term «glass snake» is used very little and occupies the 152.138 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLASS SNAKE»

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Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles
355 Ophisaurus sokolovi 5958 Ophisaurus apodus Squamata - Anguidae e Armoured Glass Lizard; Sheltopusik; Sheltopusic; Glass Snake; Armoured Glass Snake; Balkan Glass Snake; Glass Lizard; European Glass Lizard; European Glass ...
Murray Wrobel, 2004
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Lizards
... might boost memory receptors in the brains of humans suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Eastern. Glass. Lizard. Ophisaurus. ventralis. Horn snake. Joint snake. Glass snake. All are popular names for the same reptile, yet all are quite ...
David P. Badger
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Snakes of Virginia
The "glass snake" myth is sometimes mistakenly applied to the green snake. Should one be chopped in half, the snake supposedly pulls itself back together. This tale is more properly assigned to the eastern slender glass lizard (a legless  ...
Donald W. Linzey, Michael J. Clifford, 2002
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Ency. Of Teaching Of Science 2Vol.
It was not long before most of the class had decided that this phenomenon could easily account for the prevalence of the story that the glass snake "came all apart" and later put itself back together again. The teacher had two preserved ...
Poly Dat, 2004
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HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY
Like most other lizards, the glass snake, if seized, can shed its tail. While its astonished pursuer gazes at the tail, the body escapes. A new tail begins to grow at once, but it seems never to grow quite as large as the original. The glass snake  ...
ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK, 2010
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Herpetological Osteopathology: Annotated Bibliography of ...
Scientific name Opheodrys aestivus Ophisaurus ventralis Common name Rough green snake, Rough-scaled green snake, Common grass snake Eastern glass snake Ophibolus doliatus triangulus Milk snake, Garter snake, House snake ...
Bruce M. Rothschild, Hans-Peter Schultze, Rodrigo Pellegrini, 2012
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The History of South-Carolina: From Its First Settlement in ...
... bluish green snake, hog nose snake, wampum snake, horn snake, thunder snake, black snake, little brown head snake, ribbon snake, chain snake, mogason water snake, coach whip snake, corn snake, green snake, glass snake, bull snake ...
David Ramsay, 1809
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Nobel Universal Graphical Language
swordfish = fish with sword trout = river fish with spots We continue now with animals using the sign of snake: SNAKE ANACONDA COBRA GLASS SNAKE KING COBRA MILK SNAKE PYTHON RATTLESNAKE SERPENT SNAKEFISH ...
Milan Randic, 2010
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Hibernation
They are burrowers and their diet consists of snails, insects, other small lizards, snakes, and birds' eggs and nestlings. European Glass Snake or Scheltopusik ( Ophisaurus apodus) A heavy-bodied, diurnal snake-like lizard, from southeastern  ...
Clive Roots, 2006
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Handbook of Lizards: Lizards of the United States and of Canada
Some lizards do not part with the tail except as a last resort, while others, like the glass-snake lizard, will break the tail upon almost no provocation whatever. For an interesting account of the use of the tail as protection, see the quotations from  ...
Hobart Muir Smith, 1995

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLASS SNAKE»

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Wine festival's cork about to pop
Who knows -- maybe a wine-glass snake will break out. Things get underway at 6 p.m. -- tickets are $80. Returning this year on Sunday, April ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Apr 15»
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Cardiff may have an international class cricket ground but …
... building a plastic pint-glass snake and the hospitality boxes are full of networking and chatter. And that fifth day of the first Ashes test in 2009, ... «WalesOnline, Mar 15»
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At Home Living: Unlike Godzilla, Kansas lizards are the good guys
The Glass Snake grows up to 10 inches snout to vent and a tail twice its length. He is brown above and white beneath. He prefers grassy fields ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jan 15»
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Chihuly glass art on exhibit at Denver Botanic Gardens
Yellow and black glass snake-like shapes sparkle along the O'Fallon Perennial Walk. And perhaps most dazzling of all are the glass artworks ... «Examiner.com, Jun 14»
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Amboy Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary holds treasures
Farming also provides revenue for the marsh. One of the interesting lizards to be seen at the marsh is knick-named the "glass snake." This is ... «Amboy News, May 14»
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GO Arts: Glass creatures add humor to tropical foliage in the …
... palm under the dome, and beneath the giant philodendron a nest of pink glass birds is menaced by an opaque, poison-green glass snake. «TheNewsTribune.com, Apr 14»
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Half snake, half lizard: Strange new dinosaur which slithered …
Have we forgotten about the modern-day Glass Snake, which is exactly the same but slithering around the UK today?! - MB, Manchester ... «Daily Mail, Jul 12»

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