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RATTLER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
Synonyms:
rattler; rattlesnake
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rattler" is a kind of...):
pit viper (New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head)
Meronyms (parts of "rattler"):
rattle (loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rattler"):
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)
Holonyms ("rattler" is a member of...):
Crotalidae; family Crotalidae (New World vipers: pit vipers)
Derivation:
rattle (shake and cause to make a rattling noise)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A railroad train consisting of freight cars
Synonyms:
freight train; rattler
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rattler" is a kind of...):
railroad train; train (public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive)
Meronyms (members of "rattler"):
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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rattler"):
freight liner; liner train (a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods)
