adder : Idioms & Phrases

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adder fly

Ad"der fly
Definitions
  1. A dragon fly.
Webster 1913

adder's fern

  • noun mat-forming lithophytic or terrestrial fern with creeping rootstocks and large pinnatifid fronds found throughout North America and Europe and Africa and east Asia
    golden maidenhair; sweet fern; wall fern; golden polypody; common polypody; Polypodium vulgare.
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adder's tongue

  • noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
    adder's tongue.
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adder's tongue fern

  • noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
    adder's tongue.
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adder's-tongue

Ad"der's-tongue` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A genus of ferns (Ophioglossum), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b) The yellow dogtooth violet. Gray.
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banded adder

  • noun sluggish krait banded with black and yellow
    banded krait; Bungarus fasciatus.
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checkered adder

  • noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    checkered adder; house snake; milk snake; Lampropeltis triangulum.
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Death adder

  • noun venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
    Acanthophis antarcticus.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa (Acanthophis tortor); so called from the virulence of its venom. (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family Elapidæ, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica.
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green adder's mouth

  • noun North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
    Malaxis ophioglossoides; Malaxis-unifolia.
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milk adder

  • noun nonvenomous tan and brown king snake with an arrow-shaped occipital spot; southeastern ones have red stripes like coral snakes
    checkered adder; house snake; milk snake; Lampropeltis triangulum.
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Plumed adder

  • (Zoöl.), an African viper (Vipera, ∨ Clotho, cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.
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Puff adder

  • noun large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
    Bitis arietans.
  • noun harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
    sand viper; hognose snake.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (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, ∨ 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.
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Puffing adder

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Puff adder (b), under Puff.
Webster 1913

sea adder

Sea" ad"der
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The European fifteen-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus spinachia); -- called also bismore. (b) The European tanglefish, or pipefish (Syngnathus acus).
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water adder

Wa"ter ad"der
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The water moccasin. (b) The common, harmless American water snake (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water Snake.
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yellow adder's tongue

  • noun eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
    amberbell; Erythronium americanum; trout lily.
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