- Viperoides
- Viperoidea Vi`per*oi"de*a, Viperoides Vi`per*oi"des, n. pl. [NL. See {Viper}, and {-oid}.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also {Viperina}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.