sand viper

noun

1. hognose snake.
2. horned viper.

sand viper

noun

1. a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back
2. See horned viper
   another name for horned viper

Word History and Origins

Origin of sand viper¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

How could I speak to one whose mother is a sand-viper, and whose father a carrion crow?

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A larger species, the sand viper, ranges from Italy to Armenia.

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Then she will go and tell the old sand-viper, her mother, who will whisper it to Tyope himself.

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Have you forgotten already what I told you of Tyope and of that old sand-viper, the Naua?

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