| puff adder n. 1. A venomous African viper (Bitis arietans) having crescent-shaped yellowish markings. 2. See hognose snake. [So called because it inflates its body when excited.] |
puff adder
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large venomous African viper, Bitis arietans, that is yellowish-grey with brown markings and inflates its body when alarmed
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for hognose snake
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| Noun | 1. |  puff adder - large African viper that inflates its body when alarmedviper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw Bitis, genus Bitis - a genus of Viperidae |
| 2. |  puff adder - harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbedcolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes genus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes |
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