Synonyms:
viper
Meaning: venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw
Usage examples
I will take it from him; the viper dare not sting me!"
"I hope you mayn't find you've warmed a viper in your bosom, master."
He had a lion's head, a bull's horns, the feet of a wolf, and the tail of a viper.
We harbored a viper, men, who meant to destroy our ship and cargo and leave us to who knows what fate?
"Ashes of wolf's skull, stag's horn, the heads of mice, the eyes of crabs, owl's brains, liver of frogs, viper's fat, grasshoppers, bats, etc., these supplied the alkalis which were prescribed.
She did not weep; she did not break forth into reproach; she said not a word, but she shrunk back aghast as from a viper, gave him a look of anguish that pierced to his very soul, and, clasping her hands in agony, fled, as if for refuge, to her father's cottage.