rattlesnake
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishAnimalsrattlesnakerat‧tle‧snake /ˈrætlsneɪk/ noun [countable]
HBAa poisonous American snake that shakes its tail to make a noise when it is angryExamples from the Corpusrattlesnake• A man in his 20s had been bitten by a rattlesnake.• One guy kissed a rattlesnake on the lips, twice, and still lost.• She'd as soon trust a rattlesnake when he looked at her that way!• However, when fighting against another rattlesnake it does not use its poison fangs.• And one guy got bit by a baby rattlesnake.• I had rattlesnakes shake their tails at me.• As soon as we opened the car doors we could hear the sizzling of the rattlesnakes.
HBAa poisonous American snake that shakes its tail to make a noise when it is angryExamples from the Corpusrattlesnake• A man in his 20s had been bitten by a rattlesnake.• One guy kissed a rattlesnake on the lips, twice, and still lost.• She'd as soon trust a rattlesnake when he looked at her that way!• However, when fighting against another rattlesnake it does not use its poison fangs.• And one guy got bit by a baby rattlesnake.• I had rattlesnakes shake their tails at me.• As soon as we opened the car doors we could hear the sizzling of the rattlesnakes.