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pit adders

pit adders is the plural of pit adder.

Meaning of pit adder

Noun

pit adder (plural pit adders)

  1. 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.
    • The two chief poisonous families of the rest of the globe, the vipers (Viperidae) and the pit-adders (Crotalida;), are entirely absent, their place being supplied by the Elapidae, [...]1893, Alfred Russel Wallace, Francis Henry Hill Guillemard, Australasia
    Synonyms:
    pit viper

Questions about pit adders

What is pit adders the plural of?
Pit adders is the plural of pit adder.

Words near pit adders in the dictionary

  1. Pisz
  2. pisé
  3. pisés
  4. pit
  5. pit adder
  6. pit adders
  7. pit against
  8. pit babe
  9. pit babes
  10. pit beef
  11. pit bike

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