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2 words match “MASSASAUGA”

MASSASAUGA n.
The black rattlesnake (Crotalus, or Caudisona, tergemina), found in the Mississippi Valley.
PRAIRIE n.
snipe (Zoöl.), the upland plover. See Plover, n., 2. -- Prairie rattlesnake (Zoöl.), the massasauga. -- Prairie snake (Zoöl.), a large harmless American snake (Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above. -- Prairie squirrel (Zoöl.), any American ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus, i…