black snake

Noun

black snake (plural black snakes)

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

   Synonyms:

   snake