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Rattlesnake

/rˈætəˌlsneɪk/
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(noun) Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

A rattlesnake's bite is filled with poison.
Tom was bitten by a rattlesnake.
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The hiker froze when she heard the distinctive sound of a ____ coiled on the path ahead.

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