black racer

Related to black racer: black mamba, indigo snake

black racer

Either of two long slender black snakes (Coluber constrictor subsp. constrictor or C. constrictor subsp. priapus) of eastern North America.

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black′snake`

or black′ snake`,

1. a slender, harmless black-skinned racer, Coluber constrictor, of E North America.

2. any of various other black snakes.

3. a heavy, tapering whip of braided cowhide or the like.

[1625–35, Amer.]

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black racer - blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet

Coluber constrictor, blacksnake

racer - slender fast-moving North American snakes

blue racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris - bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas

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