rattlesnake
/ˈɹæt.əlˌsneɪk/
rattlesnake noun: any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
Noun
rattlesnake (plural rattlesnakes)
- 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...
- The country ran shuttles and posted signs encouraging visitors to enjoy the display responsibly, but those precautions didn't prevent rattlesnake bites, twisted ankles, heat exhaustion, Instacelebs and other selfie-takers lying in or otherwise trampling the delicate blooms they'd come to see.2019 July, Jeffrey Rindskopf, “The Costs of Instatravel”, in DOPE Magazine, page 90
- Synonyms:
- rattler
rattlesnake meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese
rattlesnake in Hindi
- venomous snake
- रैटल स्नेक raiṭal snek
rattlesnake in Arabic
- venomous snake
- أَفْعًى مُجَلْجِلَة ʔafʕan mujaljila
rattlesnake in Malay
- venomous snake
- ular orok-orok
rattlesnake in Vietnamese
- venomous snake
- rắn chuông, rắn đuôi chuông
Examples of rattlesnake in a sentence
- Was there a congress of rattlesnakes at the foot of her tent?
- Despite their fierce reputation, rattlesnakes (a.k.a. danger noodles) are rather shy and retiring, and they will avoid you at all costs.
- All species of rattlesnakes are viviparous and are born with a laterally compressed keratinized prebutton on the tip of the tail.
Synonyms of rattlesnake
Forms of rattlesnake
| plural | rattlesnakes |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rattle snake |
Origin of rattlesnake
From rattle + snake.
Words formed from rattlesnake
- banded rattlesnake
- Boott's rattlesnake root
- canebrake rattlesnake
- diamondback rattlesnake
- downy rattlesnake
- horned rattlesnake
- Mexican west coast rattlesnake
- rattlesnake fern
- rattlesnake grass
- rattlesnake master
- rattlesnake plantain
- rattlesnake root
- rattlesnake weed
- rattlesnaking
- timber rattlesnake
- western diamondback rattlesnake
- white rattlesnake root
Phrases with rattlesnake
Words that rhyme with rattlesnake
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- flake
- slake
- stake
- wake
- sheikh
- strake
- betake
- mosaic
- blake
- fake
- jake
- opaque
- forsake
- lake
- mistake
- raik
- retake
- sake
- claik
- hake
- partake
- quake
- Spirit Lake
- steak
- ache
- remake
- spake
- tea break
- wrake
- ake
- alphamosaic
- ashake
- Choctaw Lake
- crake
- Deer Lake
- demake
- eastern green drake
- glass snake
- laik
- moonquake
- Mud Lake
- nake
- overtake
- parliament cake
- prison break
- radiopaque
- reshake
- sodaic
Questions about rattlesnake
- What does rattlesnake mean?
- Rattlesnake means any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.
- What is rattlesnake in Hindi?
- Rattlesnake in Hindi is रैटल स्नेक (raiṭal snek). See Rattlesnake meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rattlesnake?
- Rattlesnake is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rattlesnake?
- Rattlesnake is pronounced /ˈɹæt.əlˌsneɪk/.
- What is the plural of rattlesnake?
- The plural of rattlesnake is rattlesnakes.
Words near rattlesnake in the dictionary
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