viper


Definition: Meaning of, viper in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈvʌɪpə /

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viper vipers
[countable]
  1. a small poisonous snake
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  2. literary someone who behaves in an unpleasant way and harms other people
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viper used in phrases

  • asp viper (noun)
    1. a snake of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
  • common viper (noun)
    1. small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
  • gaboon viper (noun)
    1. large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
  • green viper (noun)
    1. a venomous viper species found in Africa from Uganda and adjacent DR Congo in the north to northern Malawi in the south
    2. a snake having green color, which stays mostly on the trees
  • horned viper (noun)
    1. highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
  • pit viper (noun)
    1. new World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
  • russell's viper (noun)
    1. a monotypic genus of venomous Old World viper
  • sand viper (noun)
    1. highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
    2. harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
  • viper's bugloss (noun)
    1. a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
  • viper's grass (noun)
    1. perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
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