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WESTERN RATTLESNAKE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Western rattlesnake mean?

• WESTERN RATTLESNAKE (noun)
The noun WESTERN RATTLESNAKE has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Familiarity information: WESTERN RATTLESNAKE used as a noun is very rare.

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• WESTERN RATTLESNAKE (noun)

Sense 1

Western rattlesnake ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Crotalus viridis; prairie rattler; prairie rattlesnake; Western rattlesnake

Hypernyms ("Western rattlesnake" is a kind of...):

rattler; rattlesnake (pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken)

Holonyms ("Western rattlesnake" is a member of...):

Crotalus; genus Crotalus (large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey)

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