SAND VIPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand viper mean? 

• SAND VIPER (noun)
  The noun SAND VIPER has 2 senses:

1. highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye

2. harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

  Familiarity information: SAND VIPER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND VIPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; horned asp; horned viper; sand viper

Hypernyms ("sand viper" is a kind of...):

viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)

Holonyms ("sand viper" is a member of...):

Aspis; genus Aspis; genus Cerastes (horned vipers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hognose snake; puff adder; sand viper

Hypernyms ("sand viper" is a kind of...):

colubrid; colubrid snake (mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes)

Holonyms ("sand viper" is a member of...):

genus Heterodon; Heterodon (a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes)