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COMMON VIPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common viper mean?
• COMMON VIPER (noun)
The noun COMMON VIPER has 1 sense:
1. small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
Familiarity information: COMMON VIPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
adder; common viper; Vipera berus
Hypernyms ("common viper" is a kind of...):
viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)
Holonyms ("common viper" is a member of...):
genus Vipera; Vipera (type genus of the Viperidae)
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