blunt-nosed viper

blunt-nosed viper

English

blunt-nosed viper

Noun

blunt-nosed viper (plural blunt-nosed vipers)

1. A venomous viper, Macrovipera lebetinus, found in North Africa, much of the Middle East, and as far east as Kashmir.

   Synonym: Levantine viper

   • 2016 August 16, Nigel Thompson, “Western Cyprus will leave you splendidly stuffed but still hungry for more”, in Daily Mirror‎:

     En route, Charlie had slammed on the brakes to avoid running over a 3ft snake crossing the road. According to Mary it was a young (and deadly) blunt-nosed viper.

Translations

Macrovipera lebetinus

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: գյուրզա (hy) (gyurza) Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can Kazakh: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Russian: гюрза́ (ru) f (gjurzá) Tajik: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Macrovipera lebetinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia