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MOUNTAIN BLACKSNAKE

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

• MOUNTAIN BLACKSNAKE (noun)

Sense 1

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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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