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

Derived terms

Related terms

crotaline

Translations

venomous snake

Atayal: mhetung (Deinagkistrodon)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蝮蛇 (zh) (fùshé)
Finnish: kuoppakyy
French: crotale (fr) m
German: Grubenottern f
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 蝮 (ja) (まむし, mamushi)
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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