CROTALUS

Meaning of CROTALUS in English

noun a genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

CROTALUS — - ə ləs noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin crotalum rattle, castanet : the type genus of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROTALUS — (n.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.
Английский словарь Webster
CROTALUS — ( n. ) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CROTALO — (cró-) n [Zool.] Crotalus; also: rattlesnake
Interlingua English vocab
TIMBER RATTLESNAKE — noun Date: 1895 a widely distributed rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ) chiefly of the eastern United States
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIDEWINDER — noun Date: 1840 a heavy swinging blow from the side, a small pale-colored desert rattlesnake ( Crotalus cerastes ) of …
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RATTLESNAKE — noun Date: 1630 any of several American pit vipers (genera Crotalus and Sistrurus ) that have horny interlocking joints at …
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DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE — noun Date: 1894 either of two large and deadly rattlesnakes ( Crotalus adamanteus of the southeastern United States and C. …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIDEWINDER — Species ( Crotalus cerastes ) of small, nocturnal rattlesnake , found in sandy deserts of Mexico and the southwestern U.S. …
Английский словарь Британика
RATTLESNAKE — Any of about 30 species in two genera of New World pit viper s having a tail rattle that produces …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE RATTLESNAKE — noun : a rattlesnake ( Crotalus mitchellii ) of the desert regions of the southwestern United States that is light …
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WESTERN DIAMOND RATTLESNAKE — noun or western diamondback : a large and notably venomous rattlesnake ( Crotalus atrox ) of dry areas of the …
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TIMBER RATTLESNAKE — noun : a moderate-sized rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus horridus ) that is widely distributed through the eastern half of the …
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TIGER RATTLESNAKE — noun : a rather small yellow or tawny rattlesnake ( Crotalus tigris ) that is narrowly striped with black and …
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SIDEWINDER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: side (I) + winder 1. : a heavy swinging blow from the side 2. : a small …
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RED RATTLESNAKE — noun : a reddish diamondback rattlesnake ( Crotalus ruber ) of the extreme southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico
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RATTLESNAKE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of numerous New World pit vipers that have a series of horny interlocking joints at the …
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PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE — noun or prairie rattler : any of several moderate-sized rattlesnakes that are varieties of a species ( Crotalus viridis ) …
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PACIFIC RATTLESNAKE — noun Usage: usually capitalized P : a common rattlesnake ( Crotalus viridis oreganus ) of the Pacific slope of No. …
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DIAMONDBACK RATTLESNAKE — noun : the largest and most deadly snake ( Crotalus adamanteus ) of No. America inhabiting the southern United States …
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CROTOXIN — krōˈtäksə̇n noun Etymology: blend of New Latin Crotalus (genus name of Crotalus terrificus ) and English toxin : a crystalline …
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CROTALOID — - ə lˌȯid adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary crotal- (from New Latin Crotalus ) + -oid : resembling the Crotalidae, …
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CROTALINE — - ə lˌīn, - ə lə̇n adjective Etymology: New Latin Crotalus + English -ine : crotalid
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CROTALIN — ˈkrōd. ə lə̇n, -räd.- noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Crotalus + English -in : rattlesnake venom
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CROTALIFORM — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ləˌfȯrm adjective Etymology: New Latin Crotalus + English -iform : resembling a rattlesnake
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CROTALIDAE — krōˈtaləˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Crotalus, type genus + -idae : a family of venomous snakes …
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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 …
Английский словарь Webster
RATTLESNAKE — ( n. ) Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RATTLESNAKE — noun any one of several species of venomous american snakes belonging to the genera crotalus and caudisona, or sistrurus. they …
Webster English vocab
RATTLESNAKE — any of about 30 species of venomous New World snakes of the viper family (Viperidae), characterized by a tail rattle …
Britannica English vocabulary
RATTLESNAKE — n. Any of about 30 species in two genera of New World pit viper s having a tail rattle that …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Webster English vocab

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