[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, all ready and able to fight their way in the world.
