sand viper


noun

Origin of sand viper

First recorded in 1660–70

Example sentences from the Web for sand viper

  • How could I speak to one whose mother is a sand-viper, and whose father a carrion crow?

    The Delight Makers |Adolf Bandelier

British Dictionary definitions for sand viper

sand viper

noun

a S European viper, Vipera ammodytes, having a yellowish-brown coloration with a zigzag pattern along the back
another name for horned viper