viperine : Idioms & Phrases

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viperine grass snake

  • noun a small harmless grass snake
    Natrix maura.
WordNet

Viperine snake

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any venomous snake of the family Viperidæ. (b) A harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color, esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a small European species which resembles the viper in color.
Webster 1913