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Vipera or Clotho arietans
Puff Puff (p[u^]f), n. [Akin to G. & Sw. puff a blow, Dan. puf, D. pof; of imitative origin. Cf. Buffet.] 1. A sudden and single emission of breath from the mouth; hence, any sudden or short blast of wind; a slight gust; a whiff. `` To every puff of wind a slave.' --Flatman. 2. Anything light and filled with air. Specifically: (a) A puffball. (b) a kind of light pastry. (c) A utensil of the toilet for dusting the skin or hair with powder. 3. An exaggerated or empty expression of praise, especially one in a public journal. Puff adder. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any South African viper belonging to Clotho and allied genera. They are exceedingly venomous, and have the power of greatly distending their bodies when irritated. The common puff adder (Vipera, or Clotho arietans) is the largest species, becoming over four feet long. The plumed puff adder (C. cornuta) has a plumelike appendage over each eye. (b) A North American harmless snake (Heterodon platyrrhinos) which has the power of puffing up its body. Called also hog-nose snake, flathead, spreading adder, and blowing adder. Puff bird (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genus Bucco, or family Bucconid[ae]. They are small birds, usually with dull-colored and loose plumage, and have twelve tail feathers. See Barbet (b) .

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- Bitis arietans. Snakes portal Video of B. g. gabonica and B. arietans. on YouTube Accessed 9 December 2006. Video of two puff adders: B. a. arietans and...
- while hissing and puffing loudly. The type species for this genus is B. arietans, which is also the most widely distributed viper in Africa. Currently,...
- of drugs, e.g alcohol, and some venom, e.g. from the puff adder (Bitis arietans) or brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) are toxic to cells. Treating...
- northern Kenya. It is distinguished from B. a. arietans by its keeled subcaudals. Normally, B. arietans grows to a total length (body and tail) around...
- Bitis albanica, Albany adder Bitis arietans, Common puff adder Bitis arietans arietans, Common puff adder Bitis arietans somalica, Somali puff adder Bitis...
- Agyneta arietans is a species of sheet weaver found in Germany and Poland. It was described by O.P.-Cambridge in 1872. "Agyneta". World Spider Catalog...
- stridulation. Horned desert viper (Cerastes cerastes) Puff adder (Bitis arietans) Common European adder (Vipera berus) Horned rattlesnake (Crotalus cerastes)...
- Immunoglobulins Echis ocellatus, Echis leucogaster, Echis carinatus, Bitis arietans, Bitis rhinoceros, Bitis nasicornis, Bitis gabonica, Dendroaspis polylepis...
- placid creatures, less so than B. gabonica, but not as bad-tempered as B. arietans. When approached, they often reveal their presence by hissing, said to...
- with established usage. "Puff adder" is the accepted common name of Bitis arietans, an unrelated, dangerously venomous African species of viper, which incidentally...