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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

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Nouns denoting animals

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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