viper
noun/ˈvaɪpə(r)/
/ˈvaɪpər/
- a small poisonous snakeTopics Animalsc2
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- (formal) a person who harms other people
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French vipère or Latin vipera, from vivus ‘alive’ + parere ‘bring forth’.
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