chicken snake

noun

a striped rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, of the southeastern U.S., reaching a length of 4 to 7 feet (1.2 to 2.1 meter).

Origin of chicken snake

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

Words nearby chicken snake

chicken mushroom, chicken out, chicken pox, chicken run, chicken shit, chicken snake, chicken switch, chicken tetrazzini, chicken turtle, chicken wire, chicken with its head cut off

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