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Russell's viper
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English
Etymology
Named in honour of Patrick Russell (1726–1805), Scottish herpetologist who first described many of India's snakes.
Noun
The venomous viper Daboia russelii species. from 19th c.
en chain viper polonga
en 1924 w:EM Forster A Passage to India 164 Penguin 2005 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
en dilute Russell's viper venom time
Translations
Bengali: bn চন্দ্রবোড়া, bn উলু বোড়া
Burmese: my
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 山蝰
Finnish: fi ketjukyy, fi russellinkyy
Hindi: hi
Khmer: km
Malayalam: ml അണലി
Marathi: mr घोणस
Nepali: ne बाघे सर्प
Sinhalese: si
Tamil: ta கண்ணாடிவிரியன்
Thai: th งูแมวเซา
Urdu: ur
en taxonomic eponyms
en Vipers