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    FAMILY CROTALIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    New World vipers: pit vipersplay

    Synonyms:

    Crotalidae; family Crotalidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Crotalidae" is a kind of...):

    reptile family (a family of reptiles)

    Meronyms (members of "family Crotalidae"):

    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)

    rattler; rattlesnake (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)

    Bothrops; genus Bothrops (fer-de-lance)

    Holonyms ("family Crotalidae" is a member of...):

    Ophidia; Serpentes; suborder Ophidia; suborder Serpentes (snakes)

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