black snake Meaning, Definition & Usage

Black" snake`, Black"snake noun (Also<

• Black snake
• Blacksnake

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Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) 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. ✍ The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica.