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Boa vs Rattlesnake - What's the difference?

boa | rattlesnake |

As a proper noun boa

is .

As a noun rattlesnake is

any of various poisonous american snakes, of genera crotalus'' and ''sistrurus , having a rattle at the end of its tail.

boa

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any of a group of large American snakes, of the genus Boa , including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico, and the chevalier boa of Peru.
  • A type of scarf typically made from feathers.

    • See also

    * ("boa" on Wikipedia) * ("boa" species on Wikimedia) (scarf) * Albanian: * Basque: (t) * Catalan: * Finnish: (trans-mid) * French: * Italian: * Russian: (trans-bottom)

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    rattlesnake

    English

    (wikipedia rattlesnake)

    Alternative forms

    * rattle snake

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various poisonous American snakes, of genera Crotalus'' and ''Sistrurus , having a rattle at the end of its tail.

    • Synonyms

    * rattler (colloquial, especially US )