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Webster 1913 Edition

Water snake

Wa′ter snakeˊ

.

(Zool.)

(a)

A common North American colubrine snake (

Tropidonotus sipedon

) which lives chiefly in the water.

(b)

Any species of snakes of the family

Homalopsidae

, all of which are aquatic in their habits.