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massasauga
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun massasauga has 2 senses
- massasauga(n = noun.animal) ground rattler, sistrurus miliaris - small pygmy rattlesnake; Array is a kind of rattler, rattlesnake
- massasauga(n = noun.animal) massasauga rattler, sistrurus catenatus - pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians; Array is a kind of rattler, rattlesnake
is a member of genus sistrurus, sistrurus
CIDE DICTIONARY
massasauga, n.
The black rattlesnake (Crotalus tergemina , or Caudisona tergemina ), found in the Mississippi Valley. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
massasauga, n. a small N. American rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus.
Etymology
irreg. f. Missisauga River, Ontario
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