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chicken snake in American Englishchicken snake in American Englishnouna striped rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, of the southeastern U.S., reaching a length of 4 to 7 ft. (1.2 to 2.1 m) Word origin [1700–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, emphatic, marquise, sliding scale |