viper (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *viper*:
NOUN	animal	viper	venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

viper > pronunciation
Sounds	vay'per
Rhymes	asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per...

English > *viper*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw.
Member of	Viperidae, family Viperidae	Old World vipers
Narrower	adder, common viper, Vipera berus	small terrestrial / terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
	asp, asp viper, Vipera aspis	Of southern Europe
	gaboon viper, Bitis gabonica	large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
	horned viper, cerastes, sand viper, horned asp, Cerastes cornutus	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
	puff adder, Bitis arietans	large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
Broader	snake, serpent, ophidian	limbless scaly elongate reptile
Spanish	víbora, vipérido
Catalan	escurçó, vipèrid

HyperDic: viper