Nearby words
sand table, sand tiger, sand trap, sand tumor, sand verbena, sand viper, sand wasp, sand wedge, sand yacht, sand, george, sand-blind
Origin of sand viper
First recorded in 1660–70
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Examples from the Web for sand viper
How could I speak to one whose mother is a sand-viper, and whose father a carrion crow?
The Delight Makers|Adolf Bandelier
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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