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Webster 1913 Edition
Viperine
Vi′per-ine
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[L.
viperinus
: cf. F. vipérin
.] Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper.
Viperine snake
. (Zool.)
(a)
Any venomous snake of the family
Viperidae
. (b)
A harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color, esp.
Tropidonotus viperinus
, a small European species which resembles the viper in color.Webster 1828 Edition
Viperine
VI'PERINE
,Adj.