pit viper
Noun
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Noun
pit viper (plural pit vipers)
- 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.
- crotalid, pit adder
- French: crotale
- German: Grubenottern
- Portuguese: crotalídeo
- Spanish: víbora de foseta, crótalo, crotalino
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