English > family Crotalidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | (New World vipers) pit vipers. |
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Synonym | Crotalidae |
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Member of | Serpentes, suborder Serpentes, Ophidia, suborder Ophidia | snakes |
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Members | Agkistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Ancistrodon | copperheads |
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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 |
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Spanish | Crotalidae, crotálidos, familia Crotalidae |
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Catalan | crotàlids |
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