pit viper

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pit viper

▶noun a venomous snake of a group found in both America and Asia, distinguished by visible sensory pits on the head which can detect prey by heat. [Numerous genera and species, including the rattlesnakes.]

'pit viper' also found in these Oxford entries:

bushmaster - cottonmouth - fer de lance - moccasin - rattlesnake

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