Crotalus

From Latin crotalum (“castanet”), from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon).

Crotalus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Viperidae – rattlesnakes.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Serpentes - order; Caenophidia - suborder; Viperoidea - superfamily; Viperidae - family; Crotalinae - subfamily

• (genus): Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake) - type species

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lus/, [ˈkrɔt̪äɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lus/, [ˈkrɔːt̪älus]

Crotalus m sg (genitive Crotalī); second declension

1. A small river in Bruttium, now called Corace

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Crotalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.