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Serpent vs Rattlesnake - What's the difference?

serpent | rattlesnake |

As nouns the difference between serpent and rattlesnake

is that serpent is snake while rattlesnake is any of various poisonous american snakes, of genera crotalus'' and ''sistrurus , having a rattle at the end of its tail.

serpent

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A snake.
  • (label) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake ().
  • (label) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.
  • A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To wind; to encircle.
  • (Evelyn)

    See also

    * herpetology * lizard * reptile * snake

    Anagrams

    * * * ----

    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 )