A venomous snake of a group distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head which can detect prey by heat. They are found in both America and Asia.
蝮亚科毒蛇
Subfamily Crotalinae, family Viperidae: numerous genera and species, including the rattlesnakes
Example sentencesExamples
First, it impersonates a pit viper, coiling and striking and hissing viciously.
The bushmaster, at up to 10 feet long, is the world's largest pit viper and a dangerous one.
Clark says timber rattlesnakes and other pit vipers may be the most social of all snakes.
Madam Relena had returned to her couch and now sat imperiously in it watching Mark as a pit viper does its prey.
They're even immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and other pit vipers.
Definition of pit viper in US English:
pit viper
nounpɪt ˈvaɪpər
A venomous snake of a group distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head that can detect heat emitted by their prey. They are found in both America and Asia.
蝮亚科毒蛇
Subfamily Crotalinae, family Viperidae: numerous genera and species, including the rattlesnakes
Example sentencesExamples
They're even immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and other pit vipers.
The bushmaster, at up to 10 feet long, is the world's largest pit viper and a dangerous one.
First, it impersonates a pit viper, coiling and striking and hissing viciously.
Clark says timber rattlesnakes and other pit vipers may be the most social of all snakes.
Madam Relena had returned to her couch and now sat imperiously in it watching Mark as a pit viper does its prey.