'Viperine' definitions:
Definition of 'Viperine'
From: GCIDE
- Viperine \Vi"per*ine\ (?; 277), a. [L. viperinus: cf. F. vip['e]rin.] Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers; resembling a viper. [1913 Webster]
- Viperine snake. (Zool.) (a) Any venomous snake of the family Viperidae. (b) A harmless snake resembling a viper in form or color, esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a small European species which resembles the viper in color. [1913 Webster]