pit adder

Examples of pit adder in a sentence

• Goblins which surrounded you, crowding closer and closer with their eye stalks vibrating, goblins which hissed like pit adders, were perhaps something he had not reckoned with.1973, The Magazine of fantasy and science fiction:
• They are neither lovable nor loving because they are innately poisonous or repulsive, like a pit adder or a skunk.1974, Edgar Berman, The politician primeval: from the amoeba to the White House:
• "[...] I hope the events of the day haven't so unbalanced your sense of values that you're going to turn on your pilot like a maddened pit adder at the mere suggestion of something pleasurable."2002, Raymond Hamel, Luftgangsters: a novel:

Synonyms of pit adder

• pit viper

Forms of pit adder

Origin of pit adder

From pit + adder.

Questions about pit adder

What does pit adder mean?

Pit adder means 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.

How do you use pit adder in a sentence?

Goblins which surrounded you, crowding closer and closer with their eye stalks vibrating, goblins which hissed like pit adders, were perhaps something he had not reckoned with.

What part of speech is pit adder?

Pit adder is a noun.

What is the plural of pit adder?

The plural of pit adder is pit adders.