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pit viper : Any of various mostly New World highly specialized venomous snakes(as the rattlesnake, copperhead... that have a small depression on each side of the head between the eye and the nostril which is lined with sensory epithelium and innervated by branches of the trigeminal nerve, that have hollow perforated fangs..., and that constitute the family Crotalidae.  1, record 1, English, - pit%20vipers

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crotalidae: A family of venomous snakes sometimes regarded as a viperid subfamily (Crotalinae) comprising the pit vipers.  1, record 1, English, - pit%20vipers

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crotalidae: Most references state "pit vipers" as the synonym for "Crotalidae", although the above definition does not fully confirm it.  2, record 1, English, - pit%20vipers

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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[...] les espèces appartenant à la famille des Crotalidés sont assez proches des Vipéridés. Elles se distinguent de ces derniers par la présence, de chaque côté de la tête, d'une profonde fossette sensorielle, placée entre l'œil et la narine, et en relation avec le nerf trijumeau.  1, record 1, French, - Crotalid%C3%A9s

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Background colour whitish, greyish, brownish, reddish, or olive; pale dorsal cross-bands with dark edges which may be in two halves not meeting exactly at vertebral line. Belly may be heavily or lightly speckled with grey.  2, record 2, English, - Central%20Asian%20pit%20viper

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A venomous pit viper.  1, record 3, English, - water%20moccasin

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A pit viper.  1, record 4, English, - copper%2Dhead

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The eyelash viper or Schlegel' s pit viper is found in Columbia, Venezuela, and Ecuador, where it exists in different color phases(olive with black or reddish spots, yellow-green with brown spots, and or nearly black variety). It has a red tail tip and small horned scales above the eyes.  1, record 5, English, - eyelash%20viper

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Aucun nom français n'a été retrouvé dans la documentation.  1, record 5, French, - Bothrops%20schlegeli

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A pit viper... widely distributed in upland areas of the eastern United States...  2, record 6, English, - Copperhead

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... the poisonous Copperhead of the eastern United States ... does not occur in Canada and has a pattern of hourglass crossbands, not blotches.  3, record 6, English, - Copperhead

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Le Mocassin à tête cuivrée, ou plus simplement tête cuivrée, [mesure] de 40 à 90 cm de long [...] Ce serpent se rencontre dans l'Est des États-Unis au Texas et au Missouri.  1, record 6, French, - Mocassin%20%C3%A0%20t%C3%AAte%20cuivr%C3%A9e

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Lachesis muta is a venomous pit viper species found in South America.  1, record 7, English, - South%20American%20bushmaster

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Lachesis est un genre de Crotalinae hautement vénimeux que l'on trouve dans les aires forestières éloignées en Amérique centrale et Amérique du Sud. Ce genre contient 3 espèces connues actuellement. Ces espèces, peu différenciables au premier abord, partagent plusieurs noms communs, tels que «crotale muet», «crotale à losange» et surtout «maître de la brousse» (Lachesis muta).  1, record 7, French, - ma%C3%AEtre%20de%20la%20brousse

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

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A proteinase obtained from the venom of the Malayan pit viper Agkistrodon rhodostoma, acting specifically on fibrinogen; used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of retinal vein occlusion and deep vein thrombosis and to prevent postoperative rethrombosis.  2, record 8, English, - ancrod

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L'ancrod est un dérivé du venin de vipère de Malaisie produisant une anticoagulation par défibrinogénation.  1, record 8, French, - ancrod

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Fourth generation systems will offer higher scanning rates, and be better able to detect the 8 to 10 micron photons created by skin heating. The use of complex infrared opticis and cryogenic cooling in conventional imagers might seem odd to some snakes such as the rattlesnake and pit viper, which have sensory organs that act like pinhole cameras operating at around 8 microns.  1, record 9, English, - complex%20infrared%20optics

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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Certains serpents comme la vipère ricaneraient si on leur vantait les mérites de ces optiques infrarouges complexes et de leurs systèmes de refroidissement cryogéniques.  1, record 9, French, - optiques%20infrarouges%20complexes

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Record 10,  Textual support,  English

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A large, poisonous pit viper(Bothrops atrox), related to the rattlesnake, found in tropical America.  1, record 10, English, - fer%2Dde%2Dlance

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non usuel d'un serpent venimeux du genre Bothrops.  1, record 10, French, - fer%2Dde%2Dlance

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