rattler
Noun
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Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken (synset 101757517)
is a type of: pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the headsubtypes:
- crotalus adamanteus, diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake - large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings
- 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
- massasauga, massasauga rattler, sistrurus catenatus - pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians
- ground rattler, massasauga, sistrurus miliaris - small pygmy rattlesnake
belongs to: crotalidae, family crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipershas: rattle - loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tailsame as: rattlesnake -
A railroad train consisting of freight cars (synset 103399316)
is a type of: railroad train, train - public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotivesubtypes: freight liner, liner train - a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goodsmember holonym:
- cabin car, caboose - a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
- freight car - a railway car that carries freight
same as: freight train
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