as in snake
a limbless reptile with a long body
a viper sliding silently through the field
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Recent Examples of viper
Kids can build three different toys — an astronaut figure, a futuristic space dog, and a space viper jet with a seat for a minifigure to fly it.
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Unhappily, this budding romance is interrupted when Arnold’s tracked down by the TV series viper-like host (Richard Dawson).
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Unhappily, this budding romance is interrupted when Arnold’s tracked down by the TV series viper-like host (Richard Dawson).
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
On one occasion, a blunt-nosed viper misjudged the distance to its prey.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for viper
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Natural products inspired by organisms include GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss, spider and snake venoms, and compounds from plants and fungi with potential uses in pain relief and cancer treatment.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
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Owens has spotted coyotes, crayfish, snakes, bats, foxes, skunks and a wide array of butterflies and moths on her daily walks through the forest.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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If this animal sounds like a Burmese python, that’s because the serpent-like fish — known as Asian swamp eels — have a lot in common with the big, invasive constrictors.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
12 Mar. 2026
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Sightings of mythical creatures in Rhode Island are far and few between these days, but a giant serpent that supposedly once lived in the woods of present-day Coventry is the subject of enduring local lore.—
Antonia Noori Farzan,
The Providence Journal,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Viper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/viper. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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