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chicken snake

American  

noun

  1. a striped rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, of the southeastern United States, reaching a length of 4 to 7 feet (1.2 to 2.1 meters).

Etymology

Origin of chicken snake

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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