blacksnake

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blacksnake - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

blacksnake - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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