English Explanatory Dictionary

pit viper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various venomous snakes, of the subfamily Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or fossa on either side of the head that enables them to detect prey by infrared.

Word forms

pit viper pit vipers pitviper

Synonyms

crotalid pit adder

Related words

crotaline

Derived words

green pit viper lowlands hump-nosed pit viper rat-tailed pit viper shore pit viper Tonkin pit viper

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