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Definition of Common viper
1. Noun. Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Viper
Literary usage of Common viper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"The Poison of the common viper.—The common viper still abounds in certain parts
of Great Britain, as, for example, on Dartmoor. The venom was analysed in a ..."
2. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1833)
"than in the common viper: but both species agree in the arrangement of the scales,
having three scuta larger than the rest on the crown ot' the head. namely ..."
3. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"Its resemblance to the common viper is very striking. ... Its habitual food diners
in nothing from that of the common viper, and its bite is not less ..."
4. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"The common viper or Asp1 is a serpent to be carefully avoided. ... The Common
Viper is frequently found in the Cevennes, in Lozère, and Aveyron. ..."
5. A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals: Or Descriptions of All the Animals by Leonard Jenyns (1835)
"Of a bright ferruginous red, with zigzag markings down the back, resembling in
form those of the common viper; but instead of being black or dark brown, ..."
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