viper

(vī'pər)

1. 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 adder.
2. A pit viper.
3. A venomous or supposedly venomous snake.
4. A person regarded as malicious or treacherous.

[Middle English vipere, from Old French, from Latin vīpera, snake, contraction of *vīvipera : vīvus, alive + parere, to give birth.]

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Any venomous snake, especially any member of the families Viperidae (true vipers) and Crotalidae (pit vipers).

• snakes
• Morality or Character
• Users and Abusers - viper: Slang. marijuana smoker

Dansk (Danish)
n. - slange, hugorm

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    en slange ved sin barm

Nederlands (Dutch)
gifslang, adder, venijnig persoon

Français (French)
n. - (Zool, fig) vipère

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    (fig) réchauffer un serpent dans son sein (littér)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlange, Viper

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    eine Schlange am Busen (nähren)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ., μτφ.) έχιδνα, οχιά

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    φίδι στον κόρφο μου

Italiano (Italian)
vipera

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    vipera in seno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - víbora (f), pessoa (f) traiçoeira, viciado em maconha (m) (gír.)

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    amigo íntimo traidor

Русский (Russian)
гадюка, злобный человек, курильщик марихуаны

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    пригреть на груди змею

Español (Spanish)
n. - víbora

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    traicionero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - huggorm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
毒蛇, 阴险人, 毒蛇一样的家伙

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    心怀鬼胎

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 毒蛇, 陰險人, 毒蛇一樣的傢伙

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    心懷鬼胎

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 북살모사, 독사 같은 사람, 음흉한 인간

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クサリヘビ, 毒ヘビ, たちの悪い人間, 麻薬の売人

idioms:

• viper in one's bosom    いつか自分を裏切る人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) افعى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צפע (נחש ארסי)‬

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