Tonkin pit viper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia.

Word forms

Tonkin pit viper Tonkin pit vipers

Etymology

Tonkin + pit viper, a partial calque of translingual Ovophis tonkinensis (literally “Tonkinese egg-snake”) or translingual Trimeresurus tonkinensis.

Related words

Ovophis tonkinensis
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