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

Derived terms

• green pit viper
• lowlands hump-nosed pit viper
• shore pit viper

 

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