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Noun: garter snake  gaa(r)-tu(r) sneyk
  1. Any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
    - grass snake

Derived forms: garter snakes

Type of: colubrid, colubrid snake

Part of: genus Thamnophis, Thamnophis

Encyclopedia: Garter snake