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viper

English

Etymology

From Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin v?pera, contracted from v?vipara f (viviparous, adj.), from vivus (alive, adj.) +? parere (to bear, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?va?p?/
  • Rhymes: -a?p?(r)

Noun

viper (plural vipers)

  1. A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
    Synonym: adder
  2. A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
  3. (slang) A person who smokes marijuana.

Derived terms

  • horned viper
  • red viper
  • viperfish
  • vipergrass
  • viperish
  • viper's bugloss

Translations

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krait

English

Alternative forms

  • karait

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (karait), possibly from Sanskrit ??? (k?la, black).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /k?a?t/

Noun

krait (plural kraits)

  1. Any of several brightly-coloured, venomous snakes, of the genus Bungarus, of southeast Asia.

Derived terms

  • banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
  • many-banded krait (Bungarus multicinctus)
  • sea krait (Laticauda spp.)

Translations

Further reading

  • Bungarus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

  • IARTK, Takri, iktar, kirat, takir

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