Definition of Ground rattler

1. Noun. Small pygmy rattlesnake.

Exact synonyms: Massasauga, Sistrurus Miliaris
Generic synonyms: Rattler, Rattlesnake

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Rattler

ground level
ground loop
ground mobile force
ground mobile forces
ground noise
ground offensive
ground out
ground pangolin
ground pangolins
ground pine
ground pink
ground plan
ground pounder
ground proximity warning system
ground proximity warning systems
ground rattler (current term)
ground rent
ground roller
ground rose
ground rule
ground rules
ground shark
ground sharks
ground sloth
ground snake
ground spider
ground squirrel
ground state
ground stroke
ground substance

Literary usage of Ground rattler

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

1. My Reminiscences by Raphael Pumpelly (1918)
"Rattlesnakes abounded, both great ones and the little ground rattler not much larger than a lead pencil. When we came in the autumn we always bought a large ..."

2. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"TYPE LOCALITY: Tamaulipas, Mexico. RANGE : Oklahoma southward through western Texas to northeastern Mexico. - Sistrurus miliarius (LINNE) ground rattler ..."

3. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles by Leonhard Stejneger, Thomas Barbour (1917)
"RANGE : Oklahoma southward through western Texas to northeastern Mexico. Sistrurus miliarius (LINNE) ground rattler Crotalus miliarius ..."

4. Biennial Report of the Board of Curators of the Louisiana State Museum to by Louisiana State Museum Board of Curators (1914)
"Sistrurus miliaris, ground rattler. Crotalus horridus, cane rattler. The snakes of Louisiana, excepting perhaps some of the water snakes, ..."

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