viper (redirected from European viper)

vi·per  (vpr)

n.

1. Any of several venomous Old World snakes of the family Viperidae, having a single pair of long, hollow fangs and a thick, heavy body. Also called adder².

2. A pit viper.

3. A venomous or supposedly venomous snake.

4. A person regarded as malicious or treacherous.

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[Middle English vipere, from Old French, from Latin vpera, snake, contraction of *vvipera : vvus, alive; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots + parere, to give birth; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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viper [ˈvaɪpə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any venomous Old World snake of the family Viperidae, esp any of the genus Vipera (the adder and related forms), having hollow fangs in the upper jaw that are used to inject venom

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other snakes, such as the horned viper

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) See pit viper

4. a malicious or treacherous person

[from Latin vīpera, perhaps from vīvus living + parere to bear, referring to a tradition that the viper was viviparous]

viper-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw ophidian, serpent, snake - limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous family Viperidae, Viperidae - Old World vipers common viper, Vipera berus, adder - small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia asp, asp viper, Vipera aspis - of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder Bitis arietans, puff adder - large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed Bitis gabonica, gaboon viper - large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper cerastes, Cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper - highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye pit viper - New World vipers with hollow fangs and a heat-sensitive pit on each side of the head

Translations

viper [ˈvaɪpəʳ] N (lit, fig) → víbora f

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viper [ˈvaɪpə^r] n → vipère f
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viper

n (Zool) → Viper f; (fig) → Schlange f

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viper [ˈvaɪpəʳ] n (Zool) (also) (fig) → vipera

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viper [ˈvaɪpəʳ] n (Zool) (also) (fig) → vipera

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viper

n viper [ˈvaipə]

an adder. adder أفْعى пепелянка zmije hugorm die Viper οχιά víbora rästik افعی kyy vipère נְחַש צֶפַע एक प्रकार का सांप zmija, guja vipera ular berbisa (eitur)naðra/snákur vipera 毒ヘビ 살무사 gyvatė odze ular kapak adder slange; hoggorm żmija víbora viperă гадюка vretenica gad zlobna osoba huggorm งูพิษชนิดหนึ่ง engerek yılanı 蝰蛇 гадюка سانپ، افعي rắn vipe 蝰蛇, 毒蛇, 阴险人