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Webster 1913 Edition

Crotalus

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Crot′a-lus

(-l?s)

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] rattle.]

(Zool.)

A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

Definition 2024

Crotalus

Crotalus

Translingual

Proper noun

Crotalus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – the rattlesnakes.

Hypernyms

(genus): Reptilia - class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - suborder; Caenophidia - infraorder; Viperoidea - superfamily; Viperidae - family; Crotalinae - subfamily