Definition: Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona or Sistrurus sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States Crotalus horridus and the diamondback rattlesnake, also called diamondback rattler and diamondback of the South and East Crotalus adamanteus and West Crotalus atrox are the best known. See Illustration of Fang.
Rattlesnake.Definition: Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona or Sistrurus sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which mak
Definition: the fourteenth letter of English alphabet is a vocal consonent and in allusion to its mode of formation is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent Its commoner sound is that heard in ran done but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k as in single sink conquer it usually represents the same sound as the digraph ng in sing bring etc This is a simple but related sound and is called the gutturo nasal consonent See Guide to Pronunciation sectsect 243 246
NDefinition: the fourteenth letter of English alphabet is a vocal consonent and in allusion to its mode of formation is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent Its commoner sound is that heard in ran done but when immediately followed in the s