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green snake

green snake
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [green sneyk]
    • /grin sneɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [green sneyk]
    • /grin sneɪk/

Definitions of green snake words

  • noun green snake any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects. 1
  • noun green snake non-venomous North American snake 1
  • noun green snake any of a genus (Opheodrys) of harmless, small and slender, green colubrid snakes of North America 0

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Origin of green snake

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Green snake

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

green snake popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

green snake usage trend in Literature

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