Usage of "rattlesnakes"

Portuguese

Catalan

Pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken.

rattler

Usage of rattlesnakes in English

Venomous rattlesnakes are used in the dance, which is an annual affair. 
 My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a... 

We wondered if there might not be some rattlesnakes in that vicinity. 
 The River and I 

When she was twelve she told her playmates exciting tales about rattlesnakes. 
 The Quirt 

Seven rattlesnakes have been killed just outside the cabin since I came. 
 A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 

Through the scorching sunshine ran scorpions and lizards, pursued by enormous rattlesnakes. 
 Overland: A Novel 

The party got seventeen wolves, three coons, and any number of rattlesnakes. 
 Letters to His Children 

I couldn't stop staring at the rattlesnakes in cages over his bed. 
 Escape 

There are rattlesnakes, but not near so frequent as is generally reported. 
 Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe / Founder of the Colo... 

Besides which, there's supposed to be rattlesnakes up there among the rocks. 
 Quill's Window 

Say, ain't we the lovely tame rattlesnakes when we want to be! 
 Somewhere in Red Gap 

No, sirree, they're rattlesnakes, a pair uv 'em an' full uv p'ison. 
 The Tree of Appomattox 

Here's what he had to say about them then: Way to catch rattlesnakes. 
 The Irish Times 

Handling glanders was almost as dangerous as either the bullets or the rattlesnakes. 
 Policing the Plains / Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous N... 

All right, Quirk; I reckon rattlesnakes were rather rabid this spring. 
 The Outlet 

These Nazi submarines and raiders are the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic. 
 The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt / Radio Addresse... 

The queer little horned frogs, lizards, rattlesnakes and coyotes were the sole inhabitants. 
 Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ... 