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SISTRURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pygmy rattlesnakes

Synonyms:

genus Sistrurus; Sistrurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sistrurus" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Sistrurus"):

massasauga; massasauga rattler; Sistrurus catenatus (pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians)

Holonyms ("Sistrurus" is a member of...):

Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)

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