Phrase guide

water snake

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A snake that resides in, or spends a lot of time in, fresh water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: snake, reptile, animal, creature

2

noun

Meaning 2

A toy consisting of a liquid and (optionally) plastic trinkets encased in a long, soft, plastic torus. It is difficult to grip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: water wiggler, water wigglie, water wienie

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of various mostly harmless snakes that live in or near water

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: colubrid snake, colubrid

Narrower terms: common water snake, banded water snake, Natrix sipedon, Nerodia sipedon, water moccasin, grass snake, ring snake, ringed snake, Natrix natrix

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abinomn: moi — type of snake
  • Abinomn: moirom du — type of snake
  • Abinomn: moigon — type of snake
  • Bulgarian: водна змя (vodna zmja) — type of snake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水蛇 (shuǐshé) — type of snake
  • Dhivehi: ދަހަނާގަ (dahanāga) — type of snake
  • Dutch: waterslang — type of snake
  • Finnish: vesikäärme — type of snake
  • German: Wasserschlange — type of snake
  • Ancient Greek: ὕδρος (húdros) — type of snake
  • Hindi: दुंदुभ (dundubh) — type of snake
  • Hindi: डोंड़हा (ḍõṛhā) — type of snake
  • Hindi: धोड़ (dhoṛ) — type of snake
  • Hungarian: sikló — type of snake
  • Hungarian: vízisikló — type of snake
  • Korean: 물뱀 (mulbaem) — type of snake
  • Latin: natrix — type of snake
  • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: akoatl — type of snake
  • Western Huasteca Nahuatl: akoatl — type of snake
  • Navajo: tótłʼiish — type of snake
  • Unami: mpiaxkuk — type of snake
  • Uyghur: سۇيىلان (suyilan) — type of snake
  • Japanese: にょろにょろ棒 (nyoronyoro-bō) — toy
  • Korean: 미끌이 (mikkeuri) — toy