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Pit viper has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head

2

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.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
viper
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
copperhead water moccasin rattlesnake fer-de-lance
Rhyming Words
per rper aper xper oper lper leper hyper riper ndper esper vaper raper duper afper neper japer roper hiper phper
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