A long black American racer, especially the common Northern blacksnake (Coluber constrictor constrictor), the adult of which is a patternless black, above and below.
Example sentencesExamples
When agitated, blacksnakes hiss loudly, flattening the body laterally so that the white skin between the scales can be seen.
I told him, ‘No son, that's just an old blacksnake.’
Though I felt lucky to have blacksnakes around our barn and sheds to keep the mice in check, I just never could get as comfortable with any snakes as my younger son is.
It seems once blacksnakes learn its easier to get baby birds, be it chickens or bluebirds, they don't try for mice any longer.
Definition of blacksnake in US English:
blacksnake
nounˈblaksnāk
A long black American racer, especially the common Northern blacksnake (Coluber constrictor constrictor), the adult of which is a patternless black, above and below.
Example sentencesExamples
When agitated, blacksnakes hiss loudly, flattening the body laterally so that the white skin between the scales can be seen.
Though I felt lucky to have blacksnakes around our barn and sheds to keep the mice in check, I just never could get as comfortable with any snakes as my younger son is.
It seems once blacksnakes learn its easier to get baby birds, be it chickens or bluebirds, they don't try for mice any longer.
I told him, ‘No son, that's just an old blacksnake.’