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Viper

viper
- early 15c., from M.Fr. vipere, from L. vipera "viper, snake, serpent," from vivus "alive, living" + parere "bring forth, bear." It was formerly believed (mistakenly) that the viper does not lay eggs. Applied to persons of spiteful character since at least 1591.
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1.
  ~ n 1 a small poisonous snake 2 literary someone who behaves in a nasty way and harms other people ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
  (vipers) A viper is a small poisonous snake found mainly in Europe. = adder N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   noun  Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Latin ~a  Date: 15th century  1.  a. a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans; broadly any of a family (Viperidae) of venomous snakes that includes Old World snakes (subfamily Viperinae) and the pit ~s  b. a venomous or reputedly venomous snake  2. a vicious or treacherous person ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
  n. 1 any venomous snake of the family Viperidae, esp. the common viper (see ADDER). 2 a malignant or treacherous person. Phrases and idioms viper in one's bosom a person who betrays those who have helped him or her. viper's bugloss a stiff bristly blue-flowered plant, Echium vulgare. viper's grass scorzonera. Derivatives viperine adj. viperish adj. viper-like adj. viperous adj. Etymology: F vip{egrave}re or L vipera f. vivus alive + parere bring forth ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
  гадюка; pl гадюковые (Viperidae) – African bush viper – Arabian carpet viper – asp viper – bamboo pit viper – blow viper – blunt-nosed viper – burrowing viper – bush viper – carpet viper – chain viper – common northern viper – common sand viper – European northern viper – flat-nosed pit viper – hog-nosed pit viper – horned viper – horned palm viper – horned pit viper – hump-nosed viper – hundred-pace viper – island viper – large-spotted viper – leaf-nosed viper – lebetina viper – mock viper – mole viper – mountain bush viper – Orsini's viper – Persian horned viper – pit vipers – Radde's viper – red-tailed pit viper – rhinoceros viper – Russel's viper – sand viper – saw-scaled viper – snub-nosed viper – tree viper – tree pit viper – true viper – urutu pit viper – Wagler's palm viper – white-lipped pit viper – yellow-spotted pit viper ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
6.
  1. зоол. гадюка, випера (Viperidae fam.) 2. злобный или коварный человек; змея, гадюка, гадина (о человеке) to cherish (to nurse, to warm) a viper in one's bosom —- пригреть змею на груди generation of vipers —- библ. порождения ехиднины 3. сл. курильщик марихуаны 4. воен. разг. начальство ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
7.
  noun  1) zool. гадюка, випера  2) змея, вероломный человек; to cherish a viper in ones bosom - отогреть змею на груди ...
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