rattle snake

A form of rattlesnake — Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

Meanings

nounrattle snake (plural rattle snakes)

plural rattle snakes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of rattlesnake.
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