HyperDic: prairie_rattler

English > 1 sense of the expression prairie rattler:
NOUNanimalprairie rattler, prairie rattlesnake, Western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridiswidely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
English > prairie rattler: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwidely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies.
Synonymsprairie rattlesnake, Western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis
Member ofCrotalus, genus Crotaluslarge rattlesnakes
Broaderrattlesnake, rattlerpit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

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