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Meanings of genus crotalus in English

Portuguese
crotalus
Catalan
genus crotalus

Large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey.

        crotalus
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        Examples for "Crotalus"
        Examples for "Crotalus"
        1
        The naturalists drew up a paper on the "Probable Extinction of the Crotalus Durissus in the Township of Rockland."
        Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
        2
        It was one of those reptiles well-known by the noise they make, a rattlesnake of the most venomous species: a giant of the Crotalus family!
        Godfrey Morgan: A Californian Mystery
        3
        We, too, are frightened, for we hear the dreaded rattle of the crotalus!
        The Scalp Hunters
        4
        The South American rattlesnake-theBoaquira crotalus horridus-hasthe rattle placed at the end of the tail.
        The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
        5
        There was a fair illustration of the matchless agility of the crotalus when he cares to be quick.
        The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
        Translations for genus crotalus
        Portuguese
        crotalus