chicken snake

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chicken snake

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So called because they like to eat chicken eggs.

noun chicken snakes

Any of various North American colubrid snakes.
Similar: rat snake

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"chicken snake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chicken%20snake. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"chicken snake." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chicken%20snake.

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@misc{chicken_snake_2026,
  title = {chicken snake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicken%20snake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}