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rattle snake

rattle snake is the alternative form of rattlesnake.

Meaning of rattlesnake

Noun

rattlesnake (plural rattlesnakes)

  1. Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
    • Hooded rattlesnakes, horned toads, and lizards crawl in the dust and among the rocks.1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961...
    Synonyms:
    rattler

Forms of rattle snake

pluralrattle snakes

Questions about rattle snake

What is rattle snake the alternative form of?
Rattle snake is the alternative form of rattlesnake.

Words near rattle snake in the dictionary

  1. rattle on
  2. rattle one's hocks
  3. rattle one's saber
  4. rattle one's sabre
  5. rattle sabres
  6. rattle snake
  7. rattle snakes
  8. rattle someone's cage
  9. rattle someone's chain
  10. rattle stone
  11. rattle stones

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