Definition of Rock rattlesnake

1. Noun. Mountain rock dweller of Mexico and most southern parts of United States southwest.

Exact synonyms: Crotalus Lepidus
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake
Group relationships: Crotalus, Genus Crotalus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rock Rattlesnake

rock out
rock out with one's cock out
rock outcrop
rock partridge
rock penstemon
rock pigeon
rock pigeons
rock pink
rock pipit
rock pipits
rock plant
rock polypody
rock purslane
rock python
rock rabbit
rock rattlesnake (current term)
rock rose
rock salmon
rock salt
rock sandwort
rock sequence
rock sequences
rock shaft
rock shandy
rock shelter
rock snake
rock snot
rock solid

Literary usage of Rock rattlesnake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus?), tiger rattlesnake (C. tigris?), and western rattlesnake (C. viridis?). The western blind snake (Leptotyphlops ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1901)
"Station mark: Л bronze triangulation tablet cemented in solid rock. Rattlesnake Point View Beavertown Terrace (2) [ Latitude 40° 17' 86.21". ..."

3. Die Fortschritte der Physik by Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (1904)
"... vom anstehenden Basalt des Castle Rock, Rattlesnake Hill und Shermann Hill aus nach SSE, also in der Richtung der Bewegung des Inlandeises. ..."

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