BLACKSNAKE

blacksnake, black racer, Coluber constrictor

(noun) blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

blacksnake (plural blacksnakes)

Any of several relatively harmless North American snakes.

(US) A long, tapering whip.

Source: Wiktionary


Black" snake` or Black"snake, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Note: The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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