SISTRURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sistrurus mean? 

• SISTRURUS (noun)
  The noun SISTRURUS has 1 sense:

1. pygmy rattlesnakes

  Familiarity information: SISTRURUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISTRURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pygmy rattlesnakes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sistrurus; Sistrurus

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)