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Tonkin pit viper

Today it means: Ovophis tonkinensis, a species of common pit viper found in Southeast Asia. Full definition →

translingual Trimeresurus tonkinensis

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translingual · derived fromTrimeresurus tonkinensis
English todayTonkin pit viper

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

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