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PRONUNCIATION OF HORNED VIPER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HORNED VIPER

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Horned viper is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HORNED VIPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Horned viper

Horned viper may refer to: ▪ Cerastes , North African desert vipers, a group of small, venomous species found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran ▪ Bitis caudalis, the horned puff adder, a venomous species found in the arid region of south-west Africa ▪ Vipera ammodytes, the sand viper, a venomous species found in southern Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East ▪ Viper...

Definition of horned viper in the English dictionary

The definition of horned viper in the dictionary is a venomous snake, Cerastes cornutus, that occurs in desert regions of N Africa and SW Asia and has a small horny spine above each eye: family Viperidae Also called: sand viper.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HORNED VIPER

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Hornby
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horned toad
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hornfels
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WORDS THAT END LIKE HORNED VIPER

asp viper
caliper
gaboon viper
gossiper
griper
juniper
Pied Piper
piper
pit viper
riper
sand viper
sandpiper
sniper
striper
swiper
viper
windscreen wiper
windshield wiper
wiper
worshiper

Synonyms and antonyms of horned viper in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «horned viper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HORNED VIPER

Find out the translation of horned viper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of horned viper from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «horned viper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

角蝰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

víbora cornuda
570 millions of speakers

English

horned viper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सींग वाला सांप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أفعوان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рогатый гадюка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

víbora cornuda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিংযুক্ত সাইকেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vipère à cornes
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ular berbulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hornviper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツノクサリヘビ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뿔 독사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Horny viper
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rắn có sừng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கொம்பு வைப்பர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हॉर्न विपीप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boynuzlu engerek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vipera cornuta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żmija rogata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рогата гадюка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vipera cu corn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κερασφόρος οχιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

horings slang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

horned viper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

horned viper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of horned viper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HORNED VIPER»

The term «horned viper» is normally little used and occupies the 139.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HORNED VIPER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about horned viper

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORNED VIPER»

Discover the use of horned viper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to horned viper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Horned Viper: Egyptian Chronicles 2
The boy and girl characters, Hopi and Isis, feature in each book and readers will be intrigued to follow their struggles for existence and adventure in Egypt circa 1150 BC. In this story, The Horned Viper, Hopi and Isis, orphaned when ...
Gill Harvey, 2010
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Venomous Snakes of the World
Saharan horned viper Cerastes cerastes North African horned and sand vipers inhabit desert habitats, sidewinding across loose sand and shuffling down into an ambush position, leaving only the eyes and the horns visible. Saharan horned ...
Mark O'Shea, 2008
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Snakes
Yet, surprisingly, many serpents around the world— sidewinders, adders, and vipers—have interesting hornlike spines (scales) that jut from their heads. While several have raised spines on their snout, the African horned viper and others sport ...
John Netherton
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Reptiles: Crocodiles, Alligators, Lizards, Snakes, Turtles
Cerastes cerastes, Saharan horned viper Cerastes gasperettii, Arabian horned viper Cerastes vipera, Sahara sand viper ○ Daboia russelii, Russell's viper r Daboia russelii russelii, Indian Russell's viper Daboia russelii siamensis, Eastern  ...
Nicolae Sfetcu, 2014
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The Zohar
Alone, as is said: pa1su/ (shefifon), a horned viper, on the path (Genesis 49:17) — like a serpent moving alone, lurking on paths and trails.183 So Balaam went alone. Why? To draw upon himself impure spirit. For whoever walks alone — even ...
‎2005
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Lewis' Dictionary of Toxicology
... given to this viper. Antivenin is available. B, atropos (mountain adder; Berg adder; ). a South African viper that is similar in appearance to B. caudalis, but with no spine over the eye. B. caudalis (horned puff adder; horned viper; horned adder; ...
Robert Alan Lewis, 1998
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The Beasts That Hide from Man: Seeking the World's Last ...
Three vipers are known to occur widely in the former Yugoslavia — Orsini's viper Vipera ursinii, the common viper (adder) V. berus, and the nose-horned viper V. ammodytes. Moreover, one of these — the nose-horned viper — is highly ...
Karl Shuker
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Getting Back Into the Garden of Eden
The Horned Viper is common to most of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, and Iran . Average length is two feet, and it is somewhat less toxic. Where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into the marsh reed covered shores of the Persian Gulf ...
Edward Conklin, 1998
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Oral & Written Poetry in African Literature Today: A Review
Of equal symbolic importance to the Mandinka people of the Savannah region of the Western Sudan, is the 'horned viper', a symbol of kingship. After a litany of praises for Bari, the omen reader, for determining the mother of the hero-to-be, the ...
Eldred D. Jones, Eustace Palmer, Marjorie Jones, 1988
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Walking in Croatia
Two venomous species which you should be particularly alert for are the nose- horned viper (Vipera ammodytes), known locally as poskok, and the common viper or adder (Vipera berus), known locally as šarka or šarulja. The former grows up ...
Rudolf Abraham

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HORNED VIPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term horned viper is used in the context of the following news items.
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In praise of UK TV quiz shows
Go horned viper.) TV quiz shows operate by a different morality to other televised talent and reality shows; they're less meretricious. Just look at ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
2
Incredible snake uses tail that looks like a spider to lure in prey
The skin-crawling predator is called the spider-tailed horned viper - and one look at the incredible way it catches its meals is enough to see why ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Namibia Animal's Terrorize Small Village: Muppet-Like Beast …
Matilda's horned viper was discovered in a small patch of south-west Tanzania, it was introduced as the world's newest known snake species in ... «E Canada Now, Mar 15»
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This Half-Viper, Half Spider Snake Will Haunt My Dreams Tonight
Video: Meet the Spider-tailed Horned Viper, a species of viper endemic that lives in western Iran and uses his tale in the shape of a spider as a ... «Gizmodo Australia, Feb 15»
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A Snake-Spider Hybrid Exists, And It's Horrifying, So Have Fun …
Everything is forever changed now that I know a snake spider hybrid known as the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper exists. There is no going back to ... «Bustle, Feb 15»
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Meet the children's books site members: 8-12 years, C-F
Egyptian Chronicles: The Horned Viper by Gill Harvey - review • Fantastic Mr Dahl by Michael Rosen - review • Astrosaurs: Dreams of Dread by ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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Cave-Exploring Snake Robot Gets Inspiration From Sidewinders
Many species of snake can do this, but only two have truly mastered the technique—a rattlesnake from the US and Mexico, and a horned viper ... «National Geographic, Oct 14»
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Now for the really tricky question: can Only Connect survive BBC2?
('The horned viper, please, Victoria.') Nonetheless, it's the third round that has become the show's centrepiece. In the 'connecting wall' the ... «Spectator.co.uk, Sep 14»
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21 things only middle class people know
What the correct names for the symbols on Only Connect are (it is the eye of Horus and the horned viper, not the evil eye and the snaky thing). «Metro, Sep 14»
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Stacy Davidson explains all things old Egypt, from hieroglyphics to art
Only an amateur would confuse the “j” (cobra) with the “f” (horned viper) or the “d” (the hand) with “a” (the arm, which has a hand). «Kansas City Star, Aug 14»

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