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5 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
originFrom Middle French vipere, from Old French vipre, from Latin vīpera, contracted from vīvipara f (“viviparous”, adj.), from vīvus (“alive”, adj.) + parere (“to bear”, verb). Doublet of weever and wyvern.
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