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Sistrurus

noun

pygmy rattlesnakes

• Syn: ↑genus Sistrurus

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Crotalidae, ↑family Crotalidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑massasauga, ↑massasauga rattler, ↑Sistrurus catenatus

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\\sə̇ˈstru̇rəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sistrum rattling instrument, sistrum + New Latin -urus

: a genus of small rattlesnakes (family Crotalidae) having the top of the head covered with plates — see massasauga

Useful english dictionary. 2012.