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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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rattlesnake

English

Alternative forms

  • rattle snake

Etymology

rattle +? snake

Noun

rattlesnake (plural rattlesnakes)

  1. Any of various venomous American snakes, of genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, having a rattle at the end of its tail.

Synonyms

  • rattler (colloquial, especially US)

Hypernyms

  • (snake): pit viper

Translations

Derived terms

  • rattlesnaking

References

  • rattlesnake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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  • what rattlesnake venom does to blood
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