- any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake)
- any of various dark nonvenomous snakes, such as Coluber constrictor (black racer)
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black•snake
(blak′snāk′),USA pronunciation n.
- ReptilesAlso called black racer. a blackish racer, Coluber constrictor subspecies, of the eastern U.S., that grows to a length of 6 ft. (1.8 m).
- any of various other snakes of a black or very dark color.
- a heavy, tapering, flexible whip of braided cowhide or the like.
- black + snake 1625–35, American.
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blacksnake /ˈblækˌsneɪk/ n
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