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单词 pseudoviperine
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pseudoviperineadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: pseudo- comb. form, viperine adj. and n.2
Etymology: < pseudo- comb. form + viperine adj. and n.2, after scientific Latin Pseudo-viperae, former family name ( M. Oppel Ordnungen, Familien u. Gattungen der Reptilien (1811) 49).
Zoology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Of a snake: belonging to the former family Pseudoviperae (now Achrochordidae), which comprised the wart snakes.
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1890 Cent. Dict. Pseudoviperine, having the appearance of a viper or other venomous serpent, but harmless, as a wart-snake.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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