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pit viper

noun

as in garter snake

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Recent Examples on the Web Sri Lanka also is home to all these snakes, but its most frequent envenoming is from the hump-nosed pit viper, for which no commercially available antivenom exists. —

Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023 The institute produced more than 3,000 vials of antivenom targeting five species, including the hump-nosed pit viper. —

Cassandra Willyard, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023 According to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute, the timber rattlesnake — also called the American viper, black rattlesnake, eastern rattlesnake, timber rattler and canebrake — is a large pit viper with a wide distribution across the eastern half of the U.S. —

Muri Assuncao New York Daily News (tns), al, 14 Aug. 2022 The golden lancehead is a highly venomous pit viper. —

Joe Phelan, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for pit viper

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