Blacksnake

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Black snake \Black" snake`\ (sn[=a]k) or Blacksnake
  \Black"snake\, n. (Zool.)
     A snake of a black color, of which two species are common in
     the United States, the {Bascanium constrictor}, or racer,
     sometimes six feet long, and the {Scotophis Alleghaniensis},
     seven or eight feet long.


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     Note: The name is also applied to various other black
           serpents, as {Natrix atra} of Jamaica.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  blacksnake
       n 1: large harmless shiny black North American snake [syn: {black
            rat snake}, {pilot blacksnake}, {mountain blacksnake}, {Elaphe
            obsoleta}]
       2: blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to
          six feet [syn: {black racer}, {Coluber constrictor}]