ˈzamənə̇s noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, modification of Greek zamenēs mighty, raging, from za-, intensive prefix + -menēs (from menos strength, fierceness, spirit) — more at zaglossus , mind
: a large genus of European and Asiatic colubrid snakes closely resembling and in some classifications including a black snake ( Coluber constrictor ) of the United States