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VIPERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Vipera mean?
• VIPERA (noun)
The noun VIPERA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Viperidae
Familiarity information: VIPERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Viperidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vipera; Vipera
Hypernyms ("Vipera" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "Vipera"):
adder; common viper; Vipera berus (small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia)
asp; asp viper; Vipera aspis (of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder)
Holonyms ("Vipera" is a member of...):
family Viperidae; Viperidae (Old World vipers)
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