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rattlesnake
n.
variety of poisonous snakes from the pit viper family with a rattle on the end of the tail
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rattlesnake
Noun
1. pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
(synonym) rattler
(hypernym) pit viper
(hyponym) diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus
(member-holonym) Crotalidae, family Crotalidae
(part-meronym) rattle
rattlesnake
n.
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Rattlesnake
(n.)
Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamond rattlesnake of the South (C. adamanteus), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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