RATTLESNAKE


Meaning of RATTLESNAKE in English

/rat"l snayk'/ , n.

any of several New World pit vipers of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle composed of a series of horny, interlocking elements at the end of the tail.

[ 1620-30, Amer.; RATTLE 1 + SNAKE ]

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