Definition of crotalidaes Crotalidaes

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Noun
crotalidae - New World vipers: pit vipers
		family 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
		rattlesnake, rattler 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