rattler

There actually were 20 snakes — five adult western diamondback rattlers and 15 babies.

Many controllers call the schedule “the rattler” because like the snake, it has a nasty bite.

I do not have an inordinate fear of snakes, not even rattlers.

The ends of the rainbows touched down in the rolling fields below me, no place green enough to hide a leprechaun but a fair swap for living with rattlers.

On more than one occasion he's found himself under a house or a trailer in the wee hours of darkness tracking down a copperhead or rattler that needs to be moved.