pit viper

pit viper

English

a pit viper (Crotalus horridus)

Alternative forms

• pitviper

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

• 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