adder
/ˈædɚ/ noun C2- A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis).
- A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
- A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
- 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
- A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
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“It is a swamp adder!” cried Holmes; “the deadliest snake in India.
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