Large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey.
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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."
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!
3 We, too, are frightened, for we hear the dreaded rattle of the crotalus !
4 The South American rattlesnake-theBoaquira crotalus horridus-hasthe rattle placed at the end of the tail.
5 There was a fair illustration of the matchless agility of the crotalus when he cares to be quick.
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Translations for genus crotalus