massasauga
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English
[edit]Etymology
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Possibly from the Mississagi River (Ontario, Canada), from French Mississague, Missisague (also Oumisagai, Michisaguek), from Ojibwe misiza:gi: (“inhabitant of the great river mouth, that is, the Mississagi River”). Doublet of Mississauga.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌmasəˈsɔːɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmæsəˈsɔɡə/, /-ˈsɑ-/
- Hyphenation: mas‧sa‧sau‧ga
Noun
[edit]massasauga (plural massasaugas)
- The rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus (formerly Crotalinus catenatus) in the family Viperidae, found in three subspecies.
- 1887 March, “The Massasauga and Its Habits”, in The American Naturalist, volume XXI, number 3, Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 212:
- I hope in this paper to contribute something to the knowledge of the Prairie Rattlesnake, or Massasauga (Caudisona tergemina).
- 1895, Leonhard [Hess] Stejneger, “The Massasauga. Sistrurus catenatus, (Rafinesque).”, in The Poisonous Snakes of North America. [...] From the Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1893, pages 337–487. With plates 1–19, and figures 1–70, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 414:
- The Massasauga is emphatically a species of the prairies and their swamps and marshes.
- 2010, John E. Werler, James R[ay] Dixon, “Western Massasauga”, in Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, and Natural History, Austin, Tx.: University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 407, column 1:
- According to the zoologist, the massasaugas were found abroad from mid-April to late October, chiefly during the daylight hours and for an average 197 days annually during the study period.
Synonyms
[edit]- Caudisona black rattlesnake (dated)
Translations
[edit]Sistrurus catenatus
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Further reading
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English massasauga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]massasauga
- Synonym of suokalkkarokäärme (“massasauga”).
Declension
[edit]Inflection of massasauga (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | massasauga | massasaugat | |
genitive | massasaugan | massasaugien | |
partitive | massasaugaa | massasaugia | |
illative | massasaugaan | massasaugiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | massasauga | massasaugat | |
accusative | nom. | massasauga | massasaugat |
gen. | massasaugan | ||
genitive | massasaugan | massasaugien massasaugain rare | |
partitive | massasaugaa | massasaugia | |
inessive | massasaugassa | massasaugissa | |
elative | massasaugasta | massasaugista | |
illative | massasaugaan | massasaugiin | |
adessive | massasaugalla | massasaugilla | |
ablative | massasaugalta | massasaugilta | |
allative | massasaugalle | massasaugille | |
essive | massasaugana | massasaugina | |
translative | massasaugaksi | massasaugiksi | |
abessive | massasaugatta | massasaugitta | |
instructive | — | massasaugin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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