adder
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From Middle English addere (resulted from misdivision of a naddere to an addere) < Middle English naddere < Old English nædre, "adder", "snake". Akin to Old Saxon nadra, Old High German natra, natara, German natter, Gothic nadrs, Icelandic naðr, masculine, naðra, feminine: compare Welsh neidr, Cornish naddyr, Irish nathair, Latin natrix, water snake.
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adder (plural adders)
- (obsolete) A snake.
- (British) 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.
- (US and Canadian) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
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snake
viper
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adder (plural adders)
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition.
- Something which adds or increases.
- They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.
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adder m. and f. (plural adders or adderen, diminutive addertje, diminutive plural addertjes)
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