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pit viper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
pit viper
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Inflected Forms

pit vipers (plural) pitviper (alternative)

Phrases

green pit viper lowlands hump-nosed pit viper rat-tailed pit viper shore pit viper Tonkin pit viper

Frequently Paired Words

crotaline

Synonyms

crotalid pit adder

Questions

What does pit viper mean?
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.

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