noun
widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑prairie rattler, ↑Western rattlesnake, ↑Crotalus viridis
• Hypernyms: ↑rattlesnake, ↑rattler
• Member Holonyms: ↑Crotalus, ↑genus Crotalus
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noun or prairie rattler : any of several moderate-sized rattlesnakes that are varieties of a species (Crotalus viridis) and are widely distributed especially between the Mississippi river and the Rocky mountains
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a rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis viridis, of the prairies of western North America.
[1810-20, Amer.]
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prairie rattlesnake,
a rather small variety of rattlesnake of western North America, having a maximum length of about five feet.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.