Meaning of pit adder | Babel Free

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Synonym of pit viper: any of various venomous snakes of the family Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or groove on either side of the head which enables them to detect prey by infrared sensing.

Examples

“The two chief poisonous families of the rest⟳ of the globe, the vipers (Viperidae) and the pit-adders (Crotalida;), are entirely absent, their place⟳ being supplied by the Elapidae, [...]”

“The venom of some snakes, Rogers says, contains a mixture of the above-mentioned venoms (among such snakes are the Australian colubrines and the American pit-adders).”

“There is the pit adder called Habu. This kind is the worst of the three. These snakes are three inches thick and six feet long, and resemble⟳ our diamond back rattlers at home.”

“Goblins which surrounded you, crowding closer and closer with their eye stalks vibrating, goblins which hissed like⟳ pit adders, were perhaps something he had not reckoned with.”

“They are neither lovable nor loving because they are innately poisonous or repulsive, like⟳ a pit adder or a skunk.”

“"[...] I hope⟳ the events of the day haven't so unbalanced your sense⟳ of values that you're going to turn⟳ on your pilot like⟳ a maddened pit adder at the mere suggestion of something pleasurable."”

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