rattlesnake
pronunciation
How to pronounce rattlesnake in British English:
UK [ˈrætlsneɪk]
How to pronounce rattlesnake in American English:
US [ˈrætlˌsnek]
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- Noun:
- pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
Word Origin
- rattlesnake (n.)
- 1620s, from rattle + snake (n.).
Example
- 1. The snake was thought to be an eastern diamondback rattlesnake .
- 2. Rattlesnake venom toxins work by breaking down tissues and causing internal bleeding .
- 3. He looks like a wrangler , taming a particularly ornery rattlesnake . Sweat is streaming down his face .
- 4. In 1998 two drugs to prevent heart attacks , derived from rattlesnake and viper venoms , were approved .
- 5. A couple of dented beer cans lay half-buried in a patch of purple monkshood , and a rubber dangled like a stubby rattlesnake skin from a nearby laurel branch .