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crotaloid

crotaloid adjective: resembling the genus Crotalus of venomous snakes, including the rattlesnake.

Adjective

crotaloid (comparative more crotaloid, superlative most crotaloid)

  1. Resembling the genus Crotalus of venomous snakes, including the rattlesnake.

Noun

crotaloid (plural crotaloids)

  1. Any member of the Crotalinae, formerly known as Crotaloidae.

Forms of crotaloid

Adjective
comparativemore crotaloid
superlativemost crotaloid
Noun
pluralcrotaloids

Origin of crotaloid

Crotalus + -oid

Questions about crotaloid

What does crotaloid mean?
Crotaloid means resembling the genus Crotalus of venomous snakes, including the rattlesnake.
What part of speech is crotaloid?
Crotaloid can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near crotaloid in the dictionary

  1. crotalids
  2. crotalin
  3. crotaline
  4. crotalines
  5. crotalism
  6. crotaloid
  7. crotaloids
  8. crotalphine
  9. crotals
  10. crotalum
  11. crotalums

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