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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of vipers of the family Viperidæ, having the urosteges two-rowed and the nostril opening between two plates: synonymous with Vipera proper. Pelias berus is the common viper or adder of Europe. See cut under adder.
- noun A genus of crustaceans.
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