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nounan important or influential (and often overbearing) persontype of:
Definition that contains vip
- rattlesnake pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- adder small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia
- rattler pit viper with horny segments at the end of the tail that rattle when shaken
- copperhead common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
- cerastes highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
- poeciliid small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
- genus aspis horned vipers
- cordylidae small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards
- agkistrodon contortrix common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
- bitis a genus of Viperidae