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Rattlesnake

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.

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Diamondback 76% connected

large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings

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Massasauga 76% connected

The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, / Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.

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Sidewinder 76% connected

See Horned rattler, under Horned.

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Rattle 74% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

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Rattle 74% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

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Rattle 70% connected

To make a quick succession of sharp, inharmonious noises, as by the collision of hard and not very sonorous bodies shaken together; to clatter.

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Rattler 92% connected

One who, or that which, rattles.

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