Viper vs. Rattlesnake

Vipernoun

A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.

Vipernoun

A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

Vipernoun

Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous snakes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidæ.

Vipernoun

A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.

Vipernoun

Loosely, any venomous or presumed venomous snake.

Vipernoun

venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

Rattlesnakenoun

Any of various poisonous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

Rattlesnakenoun

Any one of several species of venomous American snakes belonging to the genera Crotalus and Caudisona, or Sistrurus; sometimes also called rattler. They have a series of horny interlocking joints at the end of the tail which make a sharp rattling sound when shaken. The common rattlesnake of the Northern United States (Crotalus horridus), and the diamondback rattlesnake (also called diamondback rattler, and diamondback) of the South and East (Crotalus adamanteus) and West (Crotalus atrox), are the best known. See Illust. of Fang.

Rattlesnakenoun

pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken

Rattlesnake

Rattlesnakes are a group of venomous snakes of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers). The scientific name Crotalus is derived from the Greek κρόταλον, meaning .