saw-scaled viper
nounDefinition 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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