viperine

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Adjective

HYPHEN

vi=per=ine

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CIDE DICTIONARY

viperine, a. [L. viperinus: cf. F. vipérin.].

Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper. [1913 Webster]

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.