Category:Viperine

Vi"per*ine, a. Etym: [l. viperinus: cf. F. vipérin.]

Defn: of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper. Viperine snake. (zoöl.) (a) any venomous snake of the family Viperidæ. (b) a harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color, Esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a small european species which resembles The viper in color.