colubrid snake vs grass snake

grass snake vs colubrid snake

colubrid snake and grass snake both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
colubrid snake	Yes	No	No	No
grass snake	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, grass snake is a hyponym of colubrid snake; that is, grass snake is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than colubrid snake:

colubrid snake: mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
grass snake: either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color

Other hyponyms of colubrid snake include hoop snake, Carphophis amoenus, thunder snake, worm snake, ring-necked snake, ring snake, ringneck snake, hognose snake, puff adder, sand viper, leaf-nosed snake, green snake, green snake, racer, whip-snake, whip snake, whipsnake, rat snake, Arizona elegans, glossy snake, bull-snake, bull snake, king snake, kingsnake, garter snake, lined snake, Tropidoclonion lineatum, ground snake, Sonora semiannulata, eastern ground snake, Haldea striatula, Potamophis striatula, water snake, red-bellied snake, Storeria occipitamaculata, sand snake, black-headed snake, vine snake, lyre snake, Hypsiglena torquata, night snake, Drymarchon corais, gopher snake, indigo snake.

colubrid snake (noun)	grass snake (noun)
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes	harmless European snake with a bright yellow collar; common in England
	any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North American and Central American snakes
	either of two North American chiefly insectivorous snakes that are green in color

Difference between colubrid snake and grass snake

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.