Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The viperine or crotaliform serpents, a group of the order Ophidia, having the maxillary teeth few, canaliculated, and fang-like.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See
fang .
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Interestingly, the venom of the Boomslang is of the solenoglypha group, meaning it causes intense pain on delivery.
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