Definition of Adder. Meaning of Adder. Synonyms of Adder

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Definition of Adder

Adder
Adder Add"er, n. [See Add.] One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
Adder
Adder Ad"der, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.] 1. A serpent. [Obs.] ``The eddre seide to the woman.' --Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. ) 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) 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 Clotho. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. (c) Same as Sea Adder. Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles).

Meaning of Adder from wikipedia

- Vipera berus, also known as the common European adder and the common European viper, is a species of venomous snake in the family Viperidae. The species...
- An adder, or summer, is a digital circuit that performs addition of numbers. In many computers and other kinds of processors, adders are used in the arithmetic...
- The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is a highly venomous viper species found in savannahs and gr****lands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa...
- up adder or Adder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vipera berus, the common European adder, is a snake found in Europe and northern Asia. Adder may...
- The common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) is a species of death adder native to Australia. It is one of the most venomous land snakes in Australia...
- Black adder may refer to either of two classifications of snake: Vipera berus, a viper species found in Europe and Asia Eastern hognose snake, a basically...
- Darling (Tim McInnerny) and George (Hugh Laurie). The first series, The Black Adder, was written by Richard Curtis and Atkinson, while subsequent series were...
- The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, directed by Martin Shardlow and produced...
- Mountain adder may refer to: Bitis atropos, a.k.a. the berg adder, a venomous viper species found only in three mountainous regions in southern Africa...
- An adder stone is a type of stone, usually gl****y, with a naturally occurring hole through it. Such stones, which usually consist of flint, have been...