sand viper

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noun

hognose snake.

horned viper.

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Origin of sand viper

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby sand viper

sand table, sand tiger, sand trap, Sandusky, sand verbena, sand viper, sand wasp, sand wedge, Sandwell, sandwich, sandwich beam

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How to use sand viper in a sentence

There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And there, the sand castle builder and tag player who loved her aunt more than science would be buried.
11 Children Shot in Milwaukee, One in Her Grandpa's Lap|Michael Daly|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Wynd said the shrinking process includes filling the head with hot sand and boiling it with herbs.
Dodo Bones and Kylie’s Poo: Inside London’s Strangest New Museum|Liza Foreman|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The family had grown up dirt-poor, sharecropping the 20,000 acres of cotton that stretched out below Sand Mountain.
Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History|Katie Baker|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
You speak with about as little reflection as we might expect from one of those children down there playing in the sand.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Edna looked at her feet, and noticed the sand and slime between her brown toes.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The little faces shone like polished bronze; they held their hands out, their bare feet pattered in the sand.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Though built upon the sand, they still endured, and would continue to endure.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood

British Dictionary definitions for sand viper

sand viper

noun

a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back

another name for horned viper

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