puff adder
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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.]
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puff adder
n
1. (Animals) a large venomous African viper, Bitis arietans, that is yellowish-grey with brown markings and inflates its body when alarmed
2. (Animals) another name for hognose snake
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puff′ ad`der
n.
1. a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw Bitis, genus Bitis - a genus of Viperidae |
2. | ![]() colubrid, 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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