rattler
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1. pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | pit viper, |
| definition | : | New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crotalus tigris, tiger rattlesnake, |
| definition | : | having irregularly cross-banded back; of arid foothills and canyons of southern Arizona and Mexico (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crotalus scutulatus, mojave rattlesnake, |
| definition | : | extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to western Texas and into Mexico (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | rattle, |
| definition | : | loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail (noun.animal) |
2. a railroad train consisting of freight cars (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | railroad train, train, |
| definition | : | public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | freight liner, liner train, |
| definition | : | a long-distance express freight train between industrial centers and seaports with facilities for rapid loading and unloading of goods (noun.artifact) |
| member holonym | : | cabin car, caboose, |
| definition | : | a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train (noun.artifact) |
| member holonym | : | freight car, |
| definition | : | a railway car that carries freight (noun.artifact) |
3. pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken (noun.animal)
| derivation | : | rattle, |
| definition | : | shake and cause to make a rattling noise (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | rattle, |
| definition | : | shake and cause to make a rattling noise (verb.motion) |
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