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Tonkin pit viper

Tonkin pit viper noun: ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia.

tonkin pit viper: ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia
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Noun

Tonkin pit viper (plural Tonkin pit vipers)

  1. Ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia.

Forms of Tonkin pit viper

pluralTonkin pit vipers

Origin of Tonkin pit viper

Tonkin + pit viper, a partial calque of translingual Ovophis tonkinensis (literally “Tonkinese egg-snake”) or translingual Trimeresurus tonkinensis.

Questions about Tonkin pit viper

What does Tonkin pit viper mean?
Tonkin pit viper means ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia.
What part of speech is Tonkin pit viper?
Tonkin pit viper is a noun.
What is the plural of Tonkin pit viper?
The plural of Tonkin pit viper is Tonkin pit vipers.

Words near Tonkin pit viper in the dictionary

  1. Tonkawans
  2. Tonkawas
  3. tonked
  4. tonker
  5. Tonkin
  6. Tonkin pit viper
  7. Tonkin pit vipers
  8. Tonkin toad
  9. Tonkin toads
  10. Tonkinese
  11. Tonkineses

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