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BLACK RAT SNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black rat snake mean?
• BLACK RAT SNAKE (noun)
The noun BLACK RAT SNAKE has 1 sense:
1. large harmless shiny black North American snake
Familiarity information: BLACK RAT SNAKE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large harmless shiny black North American snake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black rat snake; blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; mountain blacksnake; pilot blacksnake
Hypernyms ("black rat snake" is a kind of...):
rat snake (any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia)
Holonyms ("black rat snake" is a member of...):
Elaphe; genus Elaphe (North American rat snakes)
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