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widely distributed in rugged ground of eastern United States

: a moderate-sized rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus horridus) that is widely distributed through the eastern half of the U.S., seeks rugged stony ground, and feeds largely on mice and other rodents — compare canebrake rattler

a rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus horridus, of the eastern U.S., usually having the body marked with dark crossbands. Also called banded rattlesnake. See illus. under rattlesnake.

[1890-95]

timber rattlesnake,

a large rattlesnake found in most of the United States from the Mississippi Valley eastward; banded rattlesnake.