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Definition of Blacksnake

1. Noun. Large harmless shiny black North American snake.

2. Noun. Blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet.

Definition of Blacksnake

1. Noun. Any of several relatively harmless North American snakes. ¹

2. Noun. (American English) A long, tapering whip. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blacksnake

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Medical Definition of Blacksnake

1. A snake of a black colour, 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. The name is also applied to various other black serpents, as Natrix atra of Jamaica. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blacksnake

blackroot blackroots blacks blacksalter blacksaunt blackseed blackshirt blackshirts blacksmelt blacksmith

blacksmithies blacksmithing blacksmithings blacksmiths blacksmithy blacksnake (current term) blacksnakes blackspeak blacksploitation blackspot

blackspots blackstrap blacktail blacktail deer blacktail jackrabbit blacktail prairie dog blacktails blackthorns blacktip

Literary usage of Blacksnake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the by William James McKnight (1905)
"blacksnake " Whenever I am bitten now," he remarked to me, " I never suck the wound. If there were any slight superficial wound in the mouth, ..."

2. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"PART I. Bullfrog—Squirm the blacksnake—Thrasher the Brown Thrush —Quarrel the Jay—White Eye the Vireo—Mew the Catbird—Bob White—Billie the ..."

3. Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains by Samuel Parker (1840)
"... Cantonment Leavenworth—amusing provincialisms— Caravan commence their journey—first encampment—Iowa Indians—blacksnake hills—Nodaway river—Elk—cross the ..."

4. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The typical blacksnake is found in eastern North America, from southern Canada, ... Habits of the blacksnake The blacksnake is a much overrated reptile—the ..."

5. A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the by William James McKnight (1905)
"blacksnake " Whenever I am bitten now," he remarked to me, " I never suck the wound. If there were any slight superficial wound in the mouth, ..."

6. Neighbours of Field, Wood, and Stream: Or, Through the Year with Nature's by Morton Grinnell (1901)
"PART I. Bullfrog—Squirm the blacksnake—Thrasher the Brown Thrush —Quarrel the Jay—White Eye the Vireo—Mew the Catbird—Bob White—Billie the ..."

7. Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains by Samuel Parker (1840)
"... Cantonment Leavenworth—amusing provincialisms— Caravan commence their journey—first encampment—Iowa Indians—blacksnake hills—Nodaway river—Elk—cross the ..."

8. The Reptile Book: A Comprehensive, Popularised Work on the Structure and by Raymond Lee Ditmars (1907)
"The typical blacksnake is found in eastern North America, from southern Canada, ... Habits of the blacksnake The blacksnake is a much overrated reptile—the ..."

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