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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A general name of venomous serpents: distinguished from Colubrina. Also called Nocua, Thanatophidia, Venenosa.
  • More exactly, one of two suborders of Ophidia, containing venomous serpents related to the viper.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) See viperoidea.

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