ˈviperling
[f. viper + -ling.]
A young viper.
| 1847 Blackw. Mag. LXII. 299 Young viperlings come into the world in full maturity of malice. 1881 Daily News 28 Dec. 3/2 About three weeks ago the nose-horned viper..distinguished herself by presenting the Gardens at one fell swoop with six-and-forty viperlings. 1897 G. C. Bateman Vivarium 222 The Viper produces, at one time, from thirty to fifty little Viperlings. |