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CROTALUS HORRIDUS HORRIDUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States

Synonyms:

banded rattlesnake; Crotalus horridus horridus; timber rattlesnake

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Crotalus horridus horridus" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Crotalus horridus horridus"):

canebrake rattler; canebrake rattlesnake; Crotalus horridus atricaudatus (southern variety)

Holonyms ("Crotalus horridus horridus" is a member of...):

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

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