crotale — meaning in English
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English meaning
- rattlesnake noun A venomous American snake that shakes a rattle-like structure on its tail as a warning.
Senses
crotale is used for these senses in English:
- pit viper Any of various venomous snakes, of the subfamily Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or fossa on either side of the head that enables them to detect prey by infrared.
- rattlesnake Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.