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viperiform

viperiform adjective: resembling a viper; viperine.

Adjective

viperiform (comparative more viperiform, superlative most viperiform)

  1. Resembling a viper; viperine.
    • These snakes have a decidedly viperiform look about them; the head is broad and triangular, the neck narrow, and the body robust.1883 July, “Snakes”, in The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, volume CLVIII, number CCCXXIII, London: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer; Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 222

Forms of viperiform

comparativemore viperiform
superlativemost viperiform

Origin of viperiform

From viper + -iform.

Questions about viperiform

What does viperiform mean?
Viperiform means resembling a viper; viperine.
What part of speech is viperiform?
Viperiform is an adjective.

Words near viperiform in the dictionary

  1. VIPergic
  2. viperian
  3. viperid
  4. viperidic
  5. viperids
  6. viperiform
  7. viperin
  8. viperine
  9. viperines
  10. viperins
  11. viperish

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