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

Noun

a type of poisonous snake [Latin vipera]

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 → víbora

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viper [ˈvaɪpəʳ] n → vipère f

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viper [ˈvaɪpəʳ] n → Viper f

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viper [ˈvaɪpəʳ] n → vipera