pit viper
Noun

pit viper (plural pit vipers)

  1. 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.
Synonyms Related terms Translations
  • French: crotale
  • German: Grubenottern
  • Portuguese: crotalídeo
  • Spanish: víbora de foseta, crótalo, crotalino



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