western diamondback rattlesnake

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   largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico

   SynonymsWestern diamondbackCrotalus atrox

   Broaderrattlesnake

   Part ofCrotalus

Questions about western diamondback rattlesnake

What does western diamondback rattlesnake mean?

western diamondback rattlesnake means "largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico".

What is another word for western diamondback rattlesnake?

Close synonyms include Western diamondback, Crotalus atrox. 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 western diamondback rattlesnake a common word?

western diamondback rattlesnake 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.