garter_snake
has definitions from the field of zoology
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[ noun ] (zoology) any of numerous nonvenomous longitudinally-striped viviparous North and Central American snakes
Synonyms Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)Laurence_M_._Klauber put length at maturity at two thirds the ultimate length for some rattlesnakes , and Charles_C_._Carpenter 's data on Michigan garter and ribbon_snakes ( Thamnophis ) show that the smallest gravid females are more_than half as long as the biggest adults . Carpenter 's study showed that female common garter and ribbon_snakes of Michigan mature at about the age of two . |
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