pit vipers

A form of pit viper — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pit viper
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