blacksnake
noun
1.
Also called black racer. a blackish racer, Coluber constrictor subspecies, of the eastern U.S., that grows to a length of 6 feet (1.8 meters).
3.
a heavy, tapering, flexible whip of braided cowhide or the like.
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| —n | |
| 1. | any of several Old World black venomous elapid snakes, esp Pseudechis porphyriacus (Australian blacksnake) |
| 2. | any of various dark nonvenomous snakes, such as Coluber constrictor (black racer) |
| 3. | (US), (Canadian) a long heavy pliant whip of braided leather or rawhide |
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