English Dictionary

pit adder

名詞

Any of various venomous snakes of the family Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or groove on either side of the head which enables them to detect prey by infrared sensing; a pit viper.

日本語の意味

アジアおよびアメリカに生息し、頭部の両側に赤外線感知に用いる深い窪み（温感器官）を持つ、毒性のある蛇（ピットバイパー）

The pit adder coiled silently beneath the leaf litter, sensing the mouse with its heat-detecting pits.

側頭部に熱感知の窪みを持つ毒ヘビは、落ち葉の下で静かに体を丸め、赤外線でマウスを感知していた。

意味（1）

Any of various venomous snakes of the family Crotalinae, found in Asia and the Americas, with a deep pit or groove on either side of the head which enables them to detect prey by infrared sensing; a pit viper.

The two chief poisonous families of the rest of the globe, the vipers (Viperidae) and the pit-adders (Crotalida;), are entirely absent, their place being supplied by the Elapidae, …

pit adders （ plural ）