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Definition of Adders

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 Adders from wikipedia

- adders is the alpine salamander (salamadra atra). Because both species live at higher altitudes, S. atra could be a prevalent food source for adders,...
- Africa, that usually have a striking yellow-and-black color pattern. Puff adders have a form of olfactory crypsis, which has been shown to make detecting...
- eats young death adders and adult death adders that eat the toads are poisoned by the toxic glands on their skin. Common death adders eat small mammals...
- operations. Although adders can be constructed for many number representations, such as binary-coded decimal or excess-3, the most common adders operate on binary...
- that the death adder cannot hear. However, death adders, like other snakes, perceive ground vibrations. Unlike most snakes, death adders do not actively...
- 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...
- Adderly is a Canadian television adventure-drama series which aired from 1986 to 1988. It was broadcast on both Canadian TV and on CBS in the United States...
- have borne the name HMS Adder, after the snake: HMS Adder (1782) was an 8-gun galley purchased in 1782 and sold in 1787. HMS Adder (1797) was a 12-gun gunboat...
- 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...
- snakes in the world. The desert death adder is under threat due to the destruction of habitat. Desert death adders are members of the genus Acanthophis...