western diamondback rattlesnake

noun

1. an extremely venomous diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus atrox, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.

Example Sentences

The Western diamondback rattlesnake is a master of nonverbal communication.

From New York Times

In this study, scientists experimented by moving a human-like torso closer to a western diamondback rattlesnake and recording the response.

From BBC

The danger of that terrain jolted me on a recent Friday, when I got a text from a neighbor accompanied by a picture of a baby Western diamondback rattlesnake.

From Washington Post

A Phoenix resident got an unwelcome surprise recently in the shape of a large western diamondback rattlesnake.

From Fox News

To find out, Clevers and colleagues removed stem cells from the venom glands of nine snake species—including the cape coral cobra and the western diamondback rattlesnake—and placed them in a cocktail of hormones and proteins called growth factors.

From Science Magazine