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MOUNTAIN BLACKSNAKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain blacksnake mean?
• MOUNTAIN BLACKSNAKE (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN BLACKSNAKE has 1 sense:
1. large harmless shiny black North American snake
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN BLACKSNAKE 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 ("mountain blacksnake" is a kind of...):
rat snake (any of various nonvenomous rodent-eating snakes of North America and Asia)
Holonyms ("mountain blacksnake" is a member of...):
Elaphe; genus Elaphe (North American rat snakes)
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