ELAPHE OBSOLETA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elaphe obsoleta mean? 

• ELAPHE OBSOLETA (noun)
  The noun ELAPHE OBSOLETA has 1 sense:

1. large harmless shiny black North American snake

  Familiarity information: ELAPHE OBSOLETA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELAPHE OBSOLETA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large harmless shiny black North American snake

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black rat snake; blacksnake; Elaphe obsoleta; mountain blacksnake; pilot blacksnake

Hypernyms ("Elaphe obsoleta" is a kind of...):

rat snake (any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia)

Holonyms ("Elaphe obsoleta" is a member of...):

Elaphe; genus Elaphe (North American rat snakes)