NOUN | animal | blacksnake, black rat snake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta | large harmless shiny black North American snake |
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animal | blacksnake, black racer, Coluber constrictor | blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet |
Meaning | large harmless shiny black North American snake. | |
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Synonyms | black rat snake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta | |
Member of | Elaphe, genus Elaphe | North American rat snakes |
Broader | rat snake | Any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia |
Meaning | blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet. | |
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Synonyms | black racer, Coluber constrictor | |
Narrower | blue racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris | bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas |
Broader | racer | slender fast-moving North American snakes |
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