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Definition of Family Crotalidae
1. Noun. New World vipers: pit vipers.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Family
Group relationships: Ophidia, Serpentes, Suborder Ophidia, Suborder Serpentes
Member holonyms: Pit Viper, Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, Genus Agkistrodon, Genus Ancistrodon, Rattler, Rattlesnake, Crotalus, Genus Crotalus, Genus Sistrurus, Sistrurus, Bothrops, Genus Bothrops
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Crotalidae
Literary usage of Family Crotalidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Dental Association at Its ... Annual Session by American Dental Association (1898)
"family Crotalidae. Crotalus adamanteus (Diamond Rattler), Southern United States.
Order Crocodilia.—Family Alligatoridae. Alligator mississippiensis 1 ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and popularly called " cottonmouth," from the white rim around the mouth.
It belongs to the family Crotalidae, species Ancistrodon (or ..."
3. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1903)
"... depression between the mouth and eye, belong to the pit vipers, family Crotalidae.
The coral snakes belong to the family Elapidae. ..."
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