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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

(Zool.)

A snake of a black color, 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.

See also: black snake

blacksnake ‎(plural blacksnakes)