black snake
noun9 senses
- 1Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
- 2Crotalus oreganus, a venomous North American pit viper…
- 3Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous North American pit…
- 4Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous North and Central…
- 5Pantherophis alleghaniensis, a North American colubrid…
- 6Pantherophis obsoletus, a North American colubrid…
- 7Pantherophis spiloides, a North American colubrid…
- 8A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation…
- 9Alternative form of blacksnake (“whip”).
› Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
1
Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
2
Crotalus oreganus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
3
Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
4
Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous North and Central American species of snake.
5
Pantherophis alleghaniensis, a North American colubrid species of snake.
6
Pantherophis obsoletus, a North American colubrid species of snake.
7
Pantherophis spiloides, a North American colubrid species of snake.
8
A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction.
9
Alternative Alternative form of blacksnake (“whip”).
- All at once I saw a strange man coming across the diamond with a black snake whip in his hand.1907, Elbert Hubbard, Harry Persons Taber, The Philistine, page 46:
- His punishment was fixed at thirty-nine lashes with a black snake whip […]1914, John F. Merry, History of Delaware County, Iowa, and Its People, page 203:
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- Pharaoh's serpent