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Definition of Pit viper
1. Noun. New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head.
Group relationships: Crotalidae, Family Crotalidae
Specialized synonyms: Agkistrodon Contortrix, Copperhead, Agkistrodon Piscivorus, Cottonmouth, Cottonmouth Moccasin, Water Moccasin, Rattler, Rattlesnake, Bothrops Atrops, Fer-de-lance
Definition of Pit viper
1. Noun. Any of various venomous snakes, of the family ''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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pit Viper
Literary usage of Pit viper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is a central Asiatic pit viper. The few reptiles inhabiting the northern part
of Japan are probably of ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is a central Asiatic pit viper. The few reptiles inhabiting the northern part
of Japan ore probably of palaearctic origin. ..."
3. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"... 3, side view head of pit viper; 4, side view head of harmless snake; 5.
dorsal view pit viper; 6, dorsal view of harmless snake; 7 and 9, bite puncture ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Flint and bone implements and rude pottery have been found in them. PIT-VIPER,
a venomous viperine snake of the family ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1901)
"Do you suppose there is any connection between the t\\o? MARS-KIN S. HAMLI.N.
The term " pit-viper'' is appropriately up- lied to rattlesnakes and their ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is a central Asiatic pit viper. The few reptiles inhabiting the northern part
of Japan are probably of ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is a central Asiatic pit viper. The few reptiles inhabiting the northern part
of Japan ore probably of palaearctic origin. ..."
8. Practical Bacteriology, Blood Work and Animal Parasitology: Including by Edward Rhodes Stitt (1920)
"... 3, side view head of pit viper; 4, side view head of harmless snake; 5.
dorsal view pit viper; 6, dorsal view of harmless snake; 7 and 9, bite puncture ..."
9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Flint and bone implements and rude pottery have been found in them. PIT-VIPER,
a venomous viperine snake of the family ..."
10. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1901)
"Do you suppose there is any connection between the t\\o? MARS-KIN S. HAMLI.N.
The term " pit-viper'' is appropriately up- lied to rattlesnakes and their ..."
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