black·snake (bl k sn k )n. 1. Any of various dark-colored, chiefly nonvenomous snakes, such as the black racer or the black rat snake of North America. 2. A long, tapering, braided rawhide or leather whip with a snapper on the end. |
blacksnake [ˈblækˌsneɪk]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various dark nonvenomous snakes, such as Coluber constrictor (black racer)
3. US and Canadian a long heavy pliant whip of braided leather or rawhide
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  blacksnake - large harmless shiny black North American snakerat snake - any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia Elaphe, genus Elaphe - North American rat snakes |
| 2. |  blacksnake - blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feetracer - slender fast-moving North American snakes blue racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris - bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas |
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