Meaning of black snake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
2. Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
3. Crotalus oreganus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
4. Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
5. Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous North and Central American species of snake.
6. Pantherophis alleghaniensis, a North American colubrid species of snake.
7. Pantherophis obsoletus, a North American colubrid species of snake.
8. Pantherophis spiloides, a North American colubrid species of snake.
9. A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction.

Examples

“All at once I saw a strange man coming across the diamond with a black snake whip in his hand.”

“His punishment was fixed at thirty-nine lashes with a black snake whip […]”

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