viper : Idioms & Phrases

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asp viper

  • noun of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
    Vipera aspis; asp.
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common viper

  • noun small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
    adder; Vipera berus.
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gaboon viper

  • noun large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
    Bitis gabonica.
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Horned viper

  • noun highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
    horned viper; cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; horned asp.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Cerastes.
Webster 1913

Pit viper

  • noun New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head
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  • (Zoöl.), any viperine snake having a deep pit on each side of the snout. The rattlesnake and copperhead are examples.
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Red viper

  • (Zoöl.), the copperhead.
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Sand viper

  • noun highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
    horned viper; cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; horned asp.
  • noun harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
    puff adder; hognose snake.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) See Hognose snake.
Webster 1913

Viper fish

  • (Zoöl.), a small, slender, phosphorescent deep-sea fish (Chauliodus Sloanii). It has long ventral and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp teeth.
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Viper's bugloss

  • noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
    blue thistle; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
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  • (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb (Echium vulgare) having showy purplish blue flowers. It is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed in fields from New York to Virginia. Also called blue weed.
Webster 1913

Viper's grass

  • noun perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
    scorzonera; Scorzonera hispanica; black salsify.
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  • (Bot.), a perennial composite herb (Scorzonera Hispanica) with narrow, entire leaves, and solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white, carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some other countries. Called also viper grass.
Webster 1913

water viper

Wa"ter vi"per
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  1. (Zoöl.) See Water moccasin.
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Yellow viper

  • (Zoöl.), the fer-de-lance.
Webster 1913