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chicken snake

chick·en snake
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [chik-uh n sneyk]
    • /ˈtʃɪk ən sneɪk/
    • /ˈtʃɪkɪn sneɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [chik-uh n sneyk]
    • /ˈtʃɪk ən sneɪk/

Definitions of chicken snake words

  • noun chicken snake rat snake 3
  • noun chicken snake 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). 1
  • noun chicken snake Any of various North American snakes. 0

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Origin of chicken snake

First appearance:

before 1700
One of the 50% oldest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Chicken snake

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

chicken snake popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

chicken snake usage trend in Literature

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