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Definition of Sistrurus
1. Noun. Pygmy rattlesnakes.
Exact synonyms: Genus Sistrurus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Crotalidae, Family Crotalidae
Member holonyms: Massasauga, Massasauga Rattler, Sistrurus Catenatus
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Crotalidae, Family Crotalidae
Member holonyms: Massasauga, Massasauga Rattler, Sistrurus Catenatus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sistrurus
Literary usage of Sistrurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"Genus Sistrurus, Garman (Plate VII), misnamed the ground rattlesnake, may be
distinguished ... Dark spot covers the center of parietal suture. Sistrurus ..."
2. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The small, active prairie rattlesnakes, now greatly reduced in number, differ
sufficiently from the genus Crotalus to be set apart into the genus Sistrurus. ..."
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