Meaning

3 senses

  1. Any of various snakes:

    Horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)

  2. Sahara sand viper (Cerastes vipera)

  3. Hognose snake (Heterodon spp.)

More definitions
  • harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
  • highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye

Forms

plural: sand vipers
Singularsand viper
Pluralsand vipers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed:hognose snakepuff adder
  • highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye:horned vipercerasteshorned aspCerastes cornutus

See also

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