Russell's viper

English

Etymology

Named in honour of Patrick Russell (1726–1805), Scottish herpetologist who first described many of India's snakes.

Noun

Russell's viper (plural Russell's vipers)

1. The venomous viper Daboia russelii. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: chain viper, polonga

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 164:

     Some weeks before, one of the masters at the College, an unpopular Parsee, had found a Russell's viper nosing round his classroom.

Derived terms

• dilute Russell's viper venom time

Translations

Translations

• Bengali: চন্দ্রবোড়া (bn) (condrobōṛa), উলু বোড়া (ulu bōṛa)
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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山蝰

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• Malayalam: അണലി (ml) (aṇali)
• Nepali: बाघे सर्प (bāghe sarpa)
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• Tamil: கண்ணாடிவிரியன் (ta) (kaṇṇāṭiviriyaṉ)
• Thai: งูแมวเซา (th)
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