adder
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viperA name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.: A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
» We ran into a black adder in England.
Ми натрапили на чорну гадюку в Англії.
Meaning
12 sensesA name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
(UK)A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
(UK)A common European adder (Vipera berus).
A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.
A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis).
Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders
(Canada, US)A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
(Canada, US)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
A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
a machine that adds numbers
An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
Something which adds or increases.
They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
a person who adds numbers
(obsolete)Any snake.
Natter
змея́zmejá, гадю́каgadjúka
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Examples
4 sentencesWe ran into a black adder in England.
Ми натрапили на чорну гадюку в Англії.
The common adder is ovoviviparous.
deDie Kreuzotter ist eierlebendgebärend.
"It is a swamp adder!" cried Holmes; "the deadliest snake in India."
de„Das ist eine Sumpfnatter“, rief Sherlock Holmes, „die giftigste Schlange, die es in Indien gibt!“
The puff adder is only one of many venomous snakes native to sub-Saharan Africa.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old EFrom Middle English nadder, addere, rebracketing of “a naddere” as “an addere”, from Old English nǣdre (“snake”), from Proto-West Germanic *nadrā, from Proto-Germanic *nadrǭ, from pre-Germanic *néh₁treh₂, variant of Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₁trih₂, from *(s)neh₁- (“to spin, twist”).
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Forms
plural: addersSynonyms
2 synonyms- small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia:common viperVipera berus