viper

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The flesh of the viper is also eaten roasted, as a remedy against eruptions of the skin.

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  1. noun Any of several venomous Old World snakes of the family Viperidae, having a single pair of long, hollow fangs and a thick, heavy body. Also called adder2.
  2. noun A pit viper.
  3. noun A venomous or supposedly venomous snake.

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  1. Middle English vipere, from Old French, from Latin vīpera, snake, contraction of *vīvipera : vīvus, alive; see gwei- in Indo-European roots + parere, to give birth; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French vipere, French vipère (also Old French wivre, French givre) = Spanish vibora = Portuguese vibora = Italian vipera, from Latin vipera, a viper, adder, serpent, contr. for *vivipara, feminine of an adjective found in Late Latin as viviparus, bringing forth alive (applied to some fish, as distinguished from oviparous fish), from vivus, alive, + parere, bring forth. Cf. vire and wiver, wivern, from the same source. See weever.
 

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