blue racer

American  

noun

1. a bluish racer, Coluber constrictor flaviventris, of Ohio to eastern Iowa.

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blue racer British  

noun

1. a long slender blackish-blue fast-moving colubrid snake, Coluber constrictor flaviventris , of the US

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Etymology

Origin of blue racer

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

One of the workers “screamed his head off” when a blue racer, a nonvenomous snake, wrapped around the man’s leg.

From Washington Times

The blue racer seems well adapted to hunt voles and probably preys on them extensively.

From Project Gutenberg

The blue racer is a Western snaik, about 6 feet in length, ov a pale blue color, and the smartest snaix, for suddenness, in the universe.

From Project Gutenberg

The "hoop snake" was quite as authentic to us as the blue racer, although no one had actually seen one.

From Project Gutenberg

As we did so, a pale blue racer streaked by our tail-lamp with the roar of an avalanche.

From Project Gutenberg