crotaline

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adjective

Resembling, or relating to, the Crotalinae, or rattlesnake subfamily

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Meanings

adjectivecrotaline (comparative more crotaline, superlative most crotaline)

comparative more crotaline · superlative most crotaline

  1. biologyResembling, or relating to, the Crotalinae, or rattlesnake subfamily
nouncrotaline (plural crotalines)

plural crotalines

  1. Any snake of the subfamily Crotalinae

Origin

From translingual Crotalus + -ine.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

crotaline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crotaline

MLA

“crotaline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crotaline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crotaline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crotaline.

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