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5 words match “RATTLER”

RATTLER n.
One who, or that which, rattles.
PRATTLER n.
One who prattles. Herbert.
WATER RATTLE; WATER RATTLER n.
The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
HORNED a.
-- Horned pout (Zoöl.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish; the bullpout. -- Horned rattler (Zoöl.), a species of rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder. -- Horned ray (Zoöl.), the…
TALKER n.
A loquacious person, male or female; a prattler; a babbler; also, a boaster; a braggart; -- used in contempt or reproach. Jer. Taylor.