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viperine

 [vi´per-ēn]
pertaining to the true vipers; called also viperid.
true viper.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

viperine

(vī′pə-rīn′)
adj.
Of, resembling, or characteristic of a viper, especially one of the subfamily Viperinae, such as a horned viper.
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