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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VIPEROID

VIPEROID Vi "per *oid, a. [Viper + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Like or pertaining to the vipers.

 

VIPEROIDEA; VIPEROIDES

Vi `per *oi "de *a, Vi `per *oi "des, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Viper, and -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A division of serpents which includes the true vipers of the Old World and the rattlesnakes and moccasin snakes of America; -- called also Viperina.