Meaning

1 senses
  1. Synonym of pit viper: any of various venomous snakes of the family Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or groove on either side of the head which enables them to detect prey by infrared sensing.

Origin

From pit + adder.

From pit + adder.

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Forms

plural: pit adders

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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