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GENUS CROTALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Crotalus mean? 

GENUS CROTALUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CROTALUS has 1 sense:

1. large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing preyplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CROTALUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CROTALUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Crotalus; genus Crotalus

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Crotalus"):

banded rattlesnake; Crotalus horridus horridus; timber rattlesnake (widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States)

Crotalus viridis; prairie rattler; prairie rattlesnake; Western rattlesnake (widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies)

Crotalus cerastes; horned rattlesnake; sidewinder (small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve)

Crotalus atrox; Western diamondback; Western diamondback rattlesnake (largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico)

Crotalus lepidus; rock rattlesnake (mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest)

Crotalus tigris; tiger rattlesnake (having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico)

Crotalus scutulatus; Mojave rattlesnake (extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico)

Crotalus mitchellii; speckled rattlesnake (markings vary but usually harmonize with background; of southwestern Arizona and Baja California)

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

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


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