PIT VIPER


Meaning of PIT VIPER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1885

: any of various mostly New World vipers (subfamily Crotalinae of the family Viperidae) with a sensory pit on each side of the head and hollow perforated retractable fangs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.