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11adder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. puff adder, viper. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. viper, asp, snake. Adders include: European, spotted, puff adder, hognose snake, dwarf puff, night adder, milk adder, milk snake; see also snake …
12adder — adder1 noun a small venomous snake which has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live young. [Vipera berus.] ↘used in names of similar or related snakes, e.g. death adder, puff adder. Word History Adder comes from the Old English word… …
13adder — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration (by false division of a naddre) of naddre, from Old English nǣdre; akin to Old High German nātara adder, Latin natrix water snake Date: 14th century 1. the common venomous viper (Vipera berus) of… …
14adder — noun /ˈæd.ɚ/ a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho. They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.… …
15adder — ad|der [ˈædə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: a nadder, mistaken for an adder; nadder adder (11 17 centuries) from Old English nAddre] a type of poisonous snake …
16adder — [OE] In Old English, the term for a snake (any snake, not just an adder) was nǣddre; there are or were related forms in many other European languages, such as Latin natrix, Welsh neidr, and German natter (but there does not seem to be any… …
17adder — UK [ˈædə(r)] / US [ˈædər] noun [countable] Word forms adder : singular adder plural adders 1) a poisonous snake that lives in Europe 2) a harmless snake that lives in North America …
18adder — [OE] In Old English, the term for a snake (any snake, not just an adder) was nǣddre; there are or were related forms in many other European languages, such as Latin natrix, Welsh neidr, and German natter (but there does not seem to be any… …
19Adder — Her. When used heraldically, adder referred to any kind of snake, for which serpent was a synonym; asps were also named in this context. Visually there was no difference except for the *tincture …
20Adder — Ad|der [ ædə] der; s, <aus gleichbed. engl. adder zu to add »hinzufügen«, dies aus lat. addere, vgl. ↑addieren> elektronische Schaltung, in der die Summe aller eingehenden Signale gebildet wird …
