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Viperidae

noun

Old World vipers

• Syn: ↑family Viperidae

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Serpentes, ↑suborder Serpentes, ↑Ophidia, ↑suborder Ophidia

• Member Meronyms:

↑viper, ↑Vipera, ↑genus Vipera, ↑Bitis, ↑genus Bitis, ↑genus Cerastes, ↑Aspis, ↑genus Aspis

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\\vīˈperəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Vipera, type genus + -idae

: a widely distributed family comprising sluggish heavy-bodied Old World venomous snakes that are characterized by large tubular venom-conducting fangs erected by rotation of the movable premaxillary bone — see viper; compare crotalidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.