Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew DefinitionsBDB7206 צפעה 1. offshoot, leaf, shoot a. meaning dubious Origin: from the same as H6848 TWOT: 1953a Parts of Speech: Noun Feminine
צפעני צפע tsepha‛ tsiph‛ônı̂y tseh'-fah, tsif-o-nee' From an unused root meaning to extrude; a viper (as thrusting out the tongue, that is, hissing)KJV Usage: adder, cockatrice.