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Noun: horned rattlesnake
  1. Small pale-coloured desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
    - sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes

Derived forms: horned rattlesnakes

Type of: rattler [N. Amer, informal], rattlesnake

Part of: Crotalus, genus Crotalus

Encyclopedia: Horned rattlesnake