family Crotalidae

Thesaurus

Noun

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family Crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers Crotalidae reptile family - a family of reptiles Ophidia, Serpentes, suborder Ophidia, suborder Serpentes - snakes pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head Agkistrodon, Ancistrodon, genus Agkistrodon, genus Ancistrodon - copperheads rattler, rattlesnake - pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken Crotalus, genus Crotalus - large rattlesnakes; seldom bite unless startled or pursuing prey genus Sistrurus, Sistrurus - pygmy rattlesnakes Bothrops, genus Bothrops - fer-de-lance

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