Associations to the word «Natrix»

Wiktionary

NATRIX, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Colubridae   — certain water and grass snakes.
NATRIX MAURA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae   — the viperine water snake.
NATRIX MEGALOCEPHALA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae   — large-headed water snake.
NATRIX NATRIX, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae   — the grass snake of Eurasia.
NATRIX TESSELLATA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Colubridae   — dice snake.

Dictionary definition

NATRIX, noun. Water snakes; a cosmopolitan genus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats