elaphe obsoleta

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   large harmless shiny black North American snake

   Synonymsblack rat snakeblacksnakepilot blacksnakemountain blacksnake

   Broaderrat snake

   Part ofElaphe

Questions about elaphe obsoleta

What does elaphe obsoleta mean?

elaphe obsoleta means "large harmless shiny black North American snake".

What is another word for elaphe obsoleta?

Close synonyms include black rat snake, blacksnake, pilot blacksnake, mountain blacksnake. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is elaphe obsoleta a common word?

elaphe obsoleta is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.