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Colorado Desert sidewinder

Colorado Desert sidewinder proper noun: crotalus cerastes laterorepens, a subspecies of the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) found in the Colorado Desert.

colorado desert sidewinder: crotalus cerastes laterorepens, a subspecies of the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)...
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Proper noun

Colorado Desert sidewinder (plural Colorado Desert sidewinders)

  1. Crotalus cerastes laterorepens, a subspecies of the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) found in the Colorado Desert.

Forms of Colorado Desert sidewinder

pluralColorado Desert sidewinders

Origin of Colorado Desert sidewinder

Colorado Desert + sidewinder, so called due to its range.

Questions about Colorado Desert sidewinder

What does Colorado Desert sidewinder mean?
Colorado Desert sidewinder means crotalus cerastes laterorepens, a subspecies of the sidewinder rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes) found in the Colorado Desert.
What part of speech is Colorado Desert sidewinder?
Colorado Desert sidewinder is a proper noun.

Words near Colorado Desert sidewinder in the dictionary

  1. Colorado City
  2. Colorado clipper
  3. Colorado clippers
  4. Colorado County
  5. Colorado Desert
  6. Colorado Desert sidewinder
  7. Colorado Desert sidewinders
  8. Colorado fir
  9. Colorado firs
  10. Colorado low
  11. Colorado lows

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