'Blacksnake' definitions:
Definition of 'blacksnake'
(from WordNet)
noun
Large harmless shiny black North American snake [syn: black rat snake, blacksnake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta]
noun
Blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet [syn: blacksnake, black racer, Coluber constrictor]
Definition of 'Blacksnake'
From: GCIDE
- 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]