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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)
- A venomous snake in the family Viperidae.
- Synonym: adder
- A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person.
- (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)
- 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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