crotalidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Crotalidae*:
NOUN	animal	Crotalidae, family Crotalidae	(New World vipers) pit vipers

English > *Crotalidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	(New World vipers) pit vipers.
Synonym	family Crotalidae
Member of	Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia	snakes
Members	Agkistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Ancistrodon	copperheads
	Bothrops, genus Bothrops	fer-de-lance
	Crotalus, genus Crotalus	large rattlesnakes
	Sistrurus, genus Sistrurus	pygmy rattlesnakes
	pit viper	New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
	rattlesnake, rattler	pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
Broader	reptile family	A family of reptiles
Spanish	Crotalidae, crotálidos, familia Crotalidae
Catalan	crotàlids

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