Blue Racer (Noun)
Meaning
Bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The blue racer is a large non-venomous snake with a glossy blackish-bluish green back that can grow up to six feet long.
- As it basked in the sun on the forest floor, the blue racer was so still it looked like a statue, until it darted suddenly through the leaves.
- Researchers in Ohio report an alarming decline in blue racer populations over the past two decades.
- At first I thought the long black snake coiled by the road was a harmless water snake, but upon closer inspection, I saw it was actually a blue racer.
- By fall, many a blue racer in Texas has already gone underground, brumating until the following spring when it will reappear.