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单词 horned viper
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Definition of horned viper in English:

horned viper

noun
  • A venomous nocturnal snake with an upright projection over each eye, native to the sandy deserts of North Africa and Arabia. It moves in the same way as the sidewinder.

    Cerastes cerastes, family Viperidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When it slithers, the horned viper slides sideways across the sand in what is known as sidewinding.
    • The horned viper can grow to lengths of up to 2 ft.
    • Two men bitten while handling captive Saharan horned vipers in Europe developed extensive local swelling and life-threatening systemic envenoming.
    • The name horned viper comes from the small scale-covered horns just above the eyes of this particular snake.
    • A horned viper moves across the sand with a sideways wiggle so only a small amount of its body comes in contact with the hot surface sand.
 
 

Definition of horned viper in US English:

horned viper

noun
  • A venomous nocturnal snake with an upright projection over each eye, native to the sandy deserts of North Africa and Arabia. It moves in the same way as the sidewinder.

    Cerastes cerastes, family Viperidae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A horned viper moves across the sand with a sideways wiggle so only a small amount of its body comes in contact with the hot surface sand.
    • When it slithers, the horned viper slides sideways across the sand in what is known as sidewinding.
    • The name horned viper comes from the small scale-covered horns just above the eyes of this particular snake.
    • The horned viper can grow to lengths of up to 2 ft.
    • Two men bitten while handling captive Saharan horned vipers in Europe developed extensive local swelling and life-threatening systemic envenoming.
 
 
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