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‖ crotalus Zool.|ˈkrɒtələs| [mod.L., f. Gr. κρόταλον rattle: see prec.] The genus of American serpents containing the typical rattlesnakes.
1834Brit. Cycl. II. i. 180 [Species] of Crotalus, properly so called, which have a rattle or instrument of sound upon the tail. 1864Owen Power of God 46 The crotalus warns the ear of the American Indian by the rattle of its tail. |