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  • 21adder — adder1 /ad euhr/, n. 1. the common European viper, Vipera berus. 2. any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper. [bef. 950; late ME; r. ME nadder (a nadder becoming an adder by misdivision; cf. APRON), OE naeddre; c. OS… …

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  • 22Adder stone — hagstone, location: Dänholm, Germany, Baltic Sea Adder stone is a type of stone, usually glassy, with a naturally occurring hole through it[citation needed]. Such stones have been dis …

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  • 23adder — 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 …

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  • 24adder's-tongue — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also adder tongue (plural adder s tongues also adder tongues) Etymology: so called from the shape of its fruiting spike 1. : a fern of the genus Ophioglossum 2 …

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  • 25adder — 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… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 26adder's-tongue — vienalapė driežlielė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Driežlielinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Ophioglossum vulgatum), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje ir Šiaurės Amerikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ophioglossum vulgatum angl. adder s tongue; English… …

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  • 27adder — 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… …

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  • 28adder — 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.… …

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  • 29adder — 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 …

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  • 30adder — [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… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins