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mas·sa·sau·ga  (ms-sôg)

n.

A small, variably colored rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) found in parts of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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[After the Mississagi, a river of southeast Ontario, Canada.]

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massasauga [mass-a-saw-ga]

Noun

a North American venomous snake with a horny rattle at the end of the tail [after the Missisauga River, Ontario, Canada]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	massasauga - small pygmy rattlesnake ground rattler, Sistrurus miliaris rattler, rattlesnake - pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
	2.	massasauga - pygmy rattlesnake found in moist areas from the Great Lakes to Mexico; feeds on mice and small amphibians massasauga rattler, Sistrurus catenatus rattler, rattlesnake - pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken genus Sistrurus, Sistrurus - pygmy rattlesnakes