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Vipera or Pelias berus
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).

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- adulthood, Pelias and Neleus found Tyro and killed her stepmother Sidero for having mistreated her (Sidero hid in a temple dedicated to Hera but Pelias killed...
- 1863 V[ipera]. (Pelias) berus var. prester — Jan, 1863 V[ipera]. (Pelias) berus var. lymnaea — Jan, 1863 Pelias Chersea — Erber, 1863 Pelias berus — Erber...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/; Ancient Gr****: Πελίας) may refer to the following characters: Pelias, king of Iolcus and uncle of Jason who sent...
- miniseries of the same name. Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union...
- 1953. Pelias Bluff was named in 1956 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in ****ociation with Jason Peninsula. Pelias, who was...
- Pelia may refer to: Pelpa or Pelīā, a village in Iran Pelia, a Gr**** mythological figure Pelia (crab), a genus of spider crabs in subfamily Pisinae of...
- becomes Jason's protector. She warns Pelias to beware of "a one-sandaled man". Twenty years later, Jason saves Pelias from drowning in a river, an "accident"...
- one version of the story, he was imprisoned by his half-brother Pelias, and when Pelias intended to kill him he committed suicide. In another story, he...
- Balance Technology. Both the Pelias and the Pelias 2 have attained the FIFA Approved rating. The original Pelias and the new Pelias 2 make use of the same basic...
- of Charaxes pelias pelias Cram. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). J. Ent. Soc. S. Africa. Vol. XII. 30 September 1949, pp.109-117. Charaxes pelias images at Consortium...