Prebutton
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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Noun
- 1 A precursor to a rattle found on newborn rattlesnakes.
"Before concluding the discussion of rattle width, we should make mention of the prebutton, the rattle with which every young snake is born, but which, unlike the true button, is shed and lost with the young snake's first change of skin a week or so after birth."
Example
More examples"Before concluding the discussion of rattle width, we should make mention of the prebutton, the rattle with which every young snake is born, but which, unlike the true button, is shed and lost with the young snake's first change of skin a week or so after birth."
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