ground rattler

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   small pygmy rattlesnake

   SynonymsmassasaugaSistrurus miliaris

   Broaderrattlesnake

Questions about ground rattler

What does ground rattler mean?

ground rattler means "small pygmy rattlesnake".

What is another word for ground rattler?

Close synonyms include massasauga, Sistrurus miliaris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ground rattler a common word?

ground rattler is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.