Vi"per*ine (?; 277), a. [L. viperinus:
cf. F. vipérin.] Of or pertaining to a viper or vipers;
resembling a viper.
Viperine snake. (Zoöl.)
(a) Any venomous snake of the family
Viperidæ. (b) A harmless snake
resembling a viper in form or color, esp. Tropidonotus viperinus, a
small European species which resembles the viper in color.