EGAVE

adder

About 0.78 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Any snake.
  2. noun A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper. A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera A common European adder (Vipera berus). A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis). Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum). A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders Death adders (Acanthophis spp.), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
  3. noun A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera A common European adder (Vipera berus).
  4. noun A common European adder (Vipera berus).
  5. noun A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis).
  6. noun Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum). A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
  7. noun A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
  8. noun A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America

Similar words

common viper vipera berus propagate summer lookahead stung death adder wart snake pit-adder acrochord

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Word family

adders

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