pit viper

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pit viper

noun pit vipers · pitviper

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.
Similar: crotalid, pit adder

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noun venomous snake

Español	víbora de foseta, crótalo, crotalino
中文	蝮蛇 fùshé
Português	crotalídeo
Français	crotale
Deutsch	Grubenotter

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@misc{pit_viper_2026,
  title = {pit viper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pit%20viper},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}