pit viper

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a pit viper (Crotalus horridus)

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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.

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