crotaline

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crotaline (KROH-tuh-lin, KROH-tuh-lain) - adj., of, pertaining to, or resembling a rattlesnake.


Or any other pit viper of the subfamily Crotalinae -- of which only rattlesnakes appear in North America. Alternate form: crotalid. Can be used of a person or a poison. From Latin crotalum, rattlesnake, from Greek krótalon, rattle.

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