English > family Crotalidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | (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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