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Meaning of "sand viper" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SAND VIPER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAND VIPER

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Sand viper is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SAND VIPER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sand viper

Sand viper may refer to: ▪ Vipera ammodytes, a.k.a. the nose-horned viper, a venomous species found in Europe through to the Balkans and parts of the Middle East. ▪ Cerastes vipera, a.k.a. the Avicenna viper, a venomous species found in the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. ▪ Heterodon, a.k.a. hog-nosed snakes, a genus of harmless colubrid species found in North America.

Definition of sand viper in the English dictionary

The definition of sand viper in the dictionary is a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAND VIPER

sand desert
sand dollar
sand dune
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sand goby
sand hopper
sand lance
sand launce
sand leek
sand lizard
sand martin
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sand shrimp
sand smelt
sand table
sand trap
sand wasp
sand wedge
sand yacht

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAND VIPER

asp viper
caliper
gaboon viper
gossiper
griper
horned viper
juniper
Pied Piper
piper
pit viper
riper
sandpiper
sniper
striper
swiper
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windscreen wiper
windshield wiper
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Synonyms and antonyms of sand viper in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sand viper» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAND VIPER

Find out the translation of sand viper to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sand 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 «sand viper» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沙毒蛇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

víbora de arena
570 millions of speakers

English

sand viper
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेत सांप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أفعى الرمال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

песок гадюка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

areia viper
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বালি viper
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vipère des sables
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ular pasir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sandviper
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

砂の毒蛇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모래 독사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wedang pasir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

viper cát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மணல் விப்பர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाळूचा अरुंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kum tıkaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sand viper
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piasku żmija
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пісок гадюка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nisip viper
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οχιά άμμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sand slang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sand viper
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sand viper
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sand viper

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND VIPER»

The term «sand viper» is normally little used and occupies the 144.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAND VIPER» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAND VIPER»

Discover the use of sand viper in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sand viper and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Venomous Snakes of the World
The vipers of southern Europe exhibit upturned snouts that range from only the slight upturn of the asp viper (V. aspis) to a pronounced 'horn' in the sand viper (V . ammodytes). They tend to inhabit arid, sandy habitats and the nose-horn may ...
Mark O'Shea, 2008
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Snakes of the World Coloring Book
Over 40 species. Add your colors to the king cobra, black mamba, boa constrictor, puff adder, Indian python, milk snake, garter snake, and many more. Captions.
Jan Sovak, Coloring Books, 1995
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Animal Toxins: Facts and Protocols
220:246-54 Daoud E, Tu AT, El-Asmar MF (1986a): Mechanism of the anticoagulant, cerastase F-4, isolated from Cerastes cerastes (Egyptian sand viper) venom. In Thromb. Res. 41:791-9 Daoud E, Tu AT, El-Asmar MF (1986b): Isolation and ...
Hervé Rochat, Marie-France Martin-Eauclaire, 2000
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Handbook of Natural Toxins: Reptile Venoms and Toxins
... Western sand viper Eastern sand viper Transdanubian sand viper Snub-nosed viper or Iberian viper Northern viper or adder Balkan cross adder French meadow viper Agkistrodon halys Malpolon monspessulanus Macroprotodon cucullatus ...
Anthony Tu, 1991
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Reptiles
Ceratophora 1594 e d f 1595 e 1596 1597 1598 1599 1600 e Common Sand Viper; Sand Viper; Sahara Sand Viper; Lesser Cerastes Viper d Avicenna-Viper; Avicennas Viper f Céraste d'Avicenne; Vipère de l'Erg; Vipère d'Avicenne; Vipère  ...
Murray Wrobel, 2004
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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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Medical Toxicology of Natural Substances: Foods, Fungi, ...
The genus Cerastes comprises three species of desert vipers including the Saharan sand viper (C. vipera L.), Gasperetti's horned viper (C. gasperettii Leviton & Anderson), and the Saharan horned viper (C. cerastes L.). In contrast to the ...
Donald G. Barceloux, 2012
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An Encyclopedia of Natural History
491 Sand-flies, 604 Sand grouse, The, 241 Sand-launces, 491 Sand-lizard, 409 Sand-rats, 107 Sand-smelts, 479 Sand-snakes, 418 Sand viper, 427 Sand wasps . 579 Sand worm, 672 Sanderling, 269 Sandpipers, The, 269 Sandpiper, Curlew  ...
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Concise Encyclopedia Biology
Sand lizards: see Lacertidae, Psammodromas. Sandpipers: see Scolopacidae. Sand plovers: see Charadriidae. Sand shrimps: see Shrimps. Sand stargazers: see Blennioidei. Sand tigers: see Selachimorpha. Sand viper: I ) Long-nosed viper, ...
‎1996
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Regional Disease Vector Ecology Profile: Central Europe
Vipera ammodytes, the sand viper, is widely distributed in Central Europe, with Poland being the only country from which it has not been reported. This is a medium-sized snake, with a length ranging from 0.6 to 0.75 m. This viper appears to ...

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAND VIPER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sand viper is used in the context of the following news items.
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Viper gulps monster centipede, which chews its way out of reptile …
The viper was a small 8-inch-long female only slightly longer than its intended victim ... Nose-horned vipers, also known as sand vipers, are a venomous species ... «Tech Times, Apr 14»
2
Pet dog in Dubai almost dies from apparent snake bite at The Lakes
The UAE does have a number of indigenous snake species, some of which are highly venomous. At least two species – the saw-scaled viper and the sand viper ... «The National, Feb 14»
3
Call of Duty: Ghosts is a rip-off of the game Homefront and film Red …
Part of the conflict involved 60 Tier One operatives deployed to protect a civilian hospital from 500 enemy soldiers on the Iranian Border (Operation Sand Viper), ... «VentureBeat, Nov 13»
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Bailey-Parks Develops Urethane Frac-Sand Piping System
Highly customizable, the Sand Viper piping system includes 16 modular components that can be used to build a complete piping system to fit nearly any ... «PR Web, Sep 13»
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Toxic medicine
In a paper published recently by Toxicon, they report how a protein called eristostatin, which can be extracted from the venom of the Asian sand viper, helps ... «The Economist, Jan 13»
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Pet's death spreads fear of snakes
There are three species of commonly venomous land snakes in the UAE — Saw-Scaled Viper, Carpet Viper and Sand Viper or Horned Viper. A fourth rarely ... «Khaleej Times, Jul 12»
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Desert life made sand cats a hardy lot – with one bad habit
When the Arabian sand cat spots a mouse, its demeanour changes. It flattens itself ... "They can take on and eat poisonous snakes, like the horned sand viper. «The National, Jul 12»
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Mini Motors: The Tamiya Sand Viper
It was with some excitement then that I tested the Tamiya Sand Viper - DT02 for Fusion Hobbies. Not only did it look the business, something about how those ... «Wired.co.uk, Nov 09»

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