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BLACKSNAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet
Synonyms:
black racer; blacksnake; Coluber constrictor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blacksnake" is a kind of...):
racer (slender fast-moving North American snakes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blacksnake"):
blue racer; Coluber constrictor flaviventris (bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large harmless shiny black North American snake
Synonyms:
black rat snake; blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; mountain blacksnake; pilot blacksnake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("blacksnake" is a kind of...):
rat snake (any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia)
Holonyms ("blacksnake" is a member of...):
Elaphe; genus Elaphe (North American rat snakes)
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