Tonkin pit viper

noun

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

Origintranslingual Trimeresurus tonkinensis →
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Meanings

nounTonkin pit viper (plural Tonkin pit vipers)

plural Tonkin pit vipers

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

Origin

  1. translingualTrimeresurus tonkinensis
  2. EnglishTonkin pit viper

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

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APA

Tonkin pit viper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonkin%20pit%20viper

MLA

“Tonkin pit viper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonkin%20pit%20viper. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tonkin pit viper,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tonkin%20pit%20viper.

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