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pitviper

pitviper is the alternative form of pit viper.

Meaning of pit viper

Noun

pit viper (plural pit vipers)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    crotalid, pit adder

Forms of pitviper

pluralpitvipers

Questions about pitviper

What is pitviper the alternative form of?
Pitviper is the alternative form of pit viper.

Words near pitviper in the dictionary

  1. pituitousness
  2. pituitrin
  3. pituri
  4. pituriaspid
  5. pituriaspids
  6. pitviper
  7. pitvipers
  8. pitwall
  9. pitwalls
  10. pitwheel
  11. pitwheels

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