Rattlesnake Synonyms

rătl-snāk
Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rattler
  2. diamondback
  3. sidewinder
  4. prairie rattler
  5. timber rattler
  6. copperhead
  7. water moccasin
  8. belltail
  9. pit-viper

Words Related to Rattlesnake

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Rattlesnake Sentence Examples

  • The prairie rattlesnake is common in the dry plains country.

  • Of reptiles, the rattlesnake and copperhead are the only poisonous species, but numerous harmless varieties are common.

  • Poisonous or noxious animals usually have some special advertising attribute, sometimes the display of conspicuous coloration, as in the skunk; sometimes the emission of sound as in the rattlesnake; sometimes a combination of the two, as in the common porcupine and the large black scorpions of Africa and India.

  • In 1908 there were 8 quarries at Concord, all on Rattlesnake Hill, and all within 2 m.

  • To Edward Jenner we owe the discovery that vaccination protects against smallpox, and it is now generally acknowledged that smallpox and vaccine are ' Quoted by Weir Mitchell, "Researches on the Venom of the Rattlesnake," Smithsonian Contributions (1860), p. 97.

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