VIPERINE

viperine. viperine, like a viper, or of a viper.

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viperine|viperous. Viperine, or Viperous, a. of or in quality like a viper

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Vi″per‐ine (?; 277), a. [[L. viperinus: cf. F. vipérin.]] Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper. 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.