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Definition of Puff adder
1. Noun. Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.
2. Noun. Harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed.
Generic synonyms: Colubrid, Colubrid Snake
Group relationships: Genus Heterodon, Heterodon
Definition of Puff adder
1. Noun. (alternative form of puffadder) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puff Adder
Literary usage of Puff adder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1918)
"PUFF-ADDER, THE ACTOR THE puff-adder of America ought to be called the Wi(j(f-adder.
... The American puff-adder only pretends to be. ..."
2. The Uganda Protectorate: An Attempt to Give Some Description of the Physical by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1902)
"Lying amongst the dead leaves on the path may be the dreaded puff-adder,* with
its beautiful carpet-pattern of pinkish grey, black, lemon-yellow, ..."
3. The Canadas in 1841 by Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1841)
"... the Sand-flies — Passion for Travelling in Canada—First Impressions of Lake
Huron—The Rattlesnake and Puff-adder—The Sea-serpent—An Indian ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"Its head is very broad ; its tail suddenly tapered ; its colour brown, chequered
with dark Puff-adder (Clotho ..."
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