Associations to the word «Adder»

Wiktionary

ADDER, noun. (obsolete) A snake.
ADDER, noun. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper.
ADDER, noun. (chiefly British) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Oecobius.
ADDER, noun. (US) (Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
ADDER, noun. The sea-stickleback or adder-fish.
ADDER, noun. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
ADDER, noun. Something which adds or increases.
ADDER FLIES, noun. Plural of adder fly
ADDER FLY, noun. (archaic) A dragonfly.

Dictionary definition

ADDER, noun. A person who adds numbers.
ADDER, noun. A machine that adds numbers.
ADDER, noun. Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.

Wise words

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