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Pit viper

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pit viper

 
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–noun
any of numerous venomous snakes of the family Crotalidae, of the New World, Asia, and the Malay Archipelago, as the rattlesnake, water moccasin, and copperhead, having a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head between the eye and nostril.
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1880–85
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pit viper  
n.  Any of various venomous snakes of the family Crotalidae, such as a copperhead, rattlesnake, or fer-de-lance, characterized by a small sensory pit below each eye.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Main Entry: pit viper
Function: noun
: any of various mostly New World highly specialized venomous snakes (as the rattlesnake, copperhead, water moccasin, andfer-de-lance) that belong to a subfamily (Crotalinae) of the family Viperidae, that have a small depression on each side of the head between the eye and the nostril, and that have hollow perforatedfangs usually folded back in the upper part of the mouth but erected in striking
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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