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- [pit vahy-per]
- /pɪt ˈvaɪ pər/
- /pɪt ˈvaɪ.pər/
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- [pit vahy-per]
- /pɪt ˈvaɪ pər/
Definitions of pit viper words
- noun pit viper any of numerous venomous snakes of the family Crotalidae, of the New World, Asia, and the Malay Archipelago, as the rattlesnake, water moccasin, and copperhead, having a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head between the eye and nostril. 1
- noun pit viper venomous snake 1
- noun pit viper any venomous snake of the New World family Crotalidae, having a heat-sensitive organ in a pit on each side of the head: includes the rattlesnakes 0
- noun pit viper any of a subfamily (Crotalinae) of poisonous vipers with a prominent, heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head, as the rattlesnake or copperhead 0
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Origin of pit viper
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85
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Parts of speech for Pit viper
noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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pit viper popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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