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chicken snake

chicken snake noun: any of various North American colubrid snakes.

Noun

chicken snake (plural chicken snakes)

  1. Any of various North American colubrid snakes.
    Synonyms:
    rat snake

Synonyms of chicken snake

Forms of chicken snake

pluralchicken snakes

Origin of chicken snake

So called because they like to eat chicken eggs.

Questions about chicken snake

What does chicken snake mean?
Chicken snake means any of various North American colubrid snakes.
What part of speech is chicken snake?
Chicken snake is a noun.
What is the plural of chicken snake?
The plural of chicken snake is chicken snakes.

Words near chicken snake in the dictionary

  1. chicken shop
  2. chicken shops
  3. chicken sickle
  4. chicken sickles
  5. chicken skin
  6. chicken snake
  7. chicken snakes
  8. chicken soup
  9. chicken soups
  10. chicken spike
  11. chicken stakes

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