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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 Eurasiaplay

  Familiarity information: COMMON VIPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMMON VIPER (noun)


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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