saw–scaled viper
noun
Definition of saw–scaled viper
: a small but fierce and aggressive desert-dwelling viper (Echis carinatus) found from North Africa to India, having roughly keeled lateral scales, and being exceedingly venomous and responsible for many deaths especially in India —called also kupper
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