"pit viper" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pit vipers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (lifeform): Vipers Synonyms: crotalid, pit adder, pitviper Derived forms: green pit viper, lowlands hump-nosed pit viper, shore pit viper Related terms: crotaline Translations (venomous snake): mhetung (english: Deinagkistrodon) (Atayal), 蝮蛇 (fùshé) (Chinese Mandarin), kuoppakyy (Finnish), crotale [masculine] (French), Grubenottern [feminine] (German), crotalídeo [masculine] (Portuguese), víbora de foseta [feminine] (Spanish), crótalo [masculine] (Spanish), crotalino [masculine] (Spanish)

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