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Noun: Crotalus atrox
  1. Largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
    - Western diamondback, Western diamondback rattlesnake

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

Part of: Crotalus, genus Crotalus

Encyclopedia: Crotalus atrox