pit viper

English

a pit viper (Crotalus horridus)

Alternative forms

pitviper

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.

Synonyms

crotalid, pit adder

Related terms

crotaline

Translations

Translations

Atayal: mhetung (Deinagkistrodon)
French: crotale (fr) m
German: Grubenottern f
Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Okinawan: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: crotalídeo m
Spanish: víbora de foseta f, crótalo (es) m, crotalino m

References

pit viper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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