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Noun: prairie rattler
  1. Venomous pit viper of western North America, with diamond-shaped head and rattle-tipped tail
    "prairie rattler is common in grassland areas";
    - prairie rattlesnake, Western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis

Derived forms: prairie rattlers

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

Part of: Crotalus, genus Crotalus