Relating to or belonging to the subfamily Crotalinae, especially rattlesnakes and their relatives.
From the subfamily name Crotalinae with the adjectival suffix -e, allowing the scientific classification to function as an adjective.
When scientists describe a snake as 'crotaline,' they're using a 2,500-year-old word from Greek theater—the percussion instruments dancers shook are now scientific vocabulary!
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