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Word: adder (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • British 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 the genus ''Clotho''.
  • US|and|Canadian English Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake.
  • obsolete A snake.
  • Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition.
  • Something which adds or increases.

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