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Viper

Any one of numerous species of Old World venomous makes belonging to Vipera, Clotho, Daboia, and other genera of the family Viperidae.

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Adder 76% connected

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

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Asp 76% connected

Same as Aspen.

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Cerastes 76% connected

A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.

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Ophidian 76% connected

One of the Ophidia; a snake or serpent.

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Serpent 76% connected

Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.

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Snake 76% connected

Any species of the order Ophidia; an ophidian; a serpent, whether harmless or venomous. See Ophidia, and Serpent.

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