harmless snakes

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• harmless — harmless, innocuous, innocent, inoffensive, unoffending are comparable when meaning not having hurtful or injurious qualities. Harmless may be applied to whatever seems incapable of doing harm {poor harmless fly Shak.} {be ye therefore wise as… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… …   Universalium

• snake — snakelike, adj. /snayk/, n., v., snaked, snaking. n. 1. any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas. 2. a treacherous person; an …   Universalium

• Snake — Ophidian redirects here. For the professional wrestler, see The Osirian Portal. This article is about the animal. For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). Snakes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent, 112–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

• garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 in. (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back. [1760 70, Amer.] * * * Any of more than a… …   Universalium

• Pipe snake — may refer to:Snakes: * Aniliidae, a.k.a. the false coral snakes, a family of harmless snakes found in South America. * Cylindrophiidae, a.k.a. Asian pipe snakes, a family of harmless snakes found in Asia. * Uropeltidae, a.k.a. shield tailed… …   Wikipedia

• hoop snake — noun any of various harmless North American snakes that were formerly believed to take tail in mouth and roll along like a hoop (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑colubrid snake, ↑colubrid * * * noun 1. chiefly South and Midland : a fabled snake of… …   Useful english dictionary

• adder — adder1 /ad euhr/, n. 1. the common European viper, Vipera berus. 2. any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper. [bef. 950; late ME; r. ME nadder (a nadder becoming an adder by misdivision; cf. APRON), OE naeddre; c. OS… …   Universalium

• Black mamba — For other uses, see Black mamba (disambiguation). Black mamba Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Pantherophis vulpina — Western Fox snake Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• Toxicofera — Taxobox name = Toxicofera image width = 220px image caption = Venomous snakes, such as the rattlesnake shown above, are the most well known venomous squamates. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Sauropsida… …   Wikipedia