CROTALUS VIRIDIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies

Synonyms:

Crotalus viridis; prairie rattler; prairie rattlesnake; Western rattlesnake

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Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

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

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