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Definition of Adder
1. Noun. A person who adds numbers.
2. Noun. A machine that adds numbers.
3. Noun. Small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia.
Generic synonyms: Viper
Group relationships: Genus Vipera, Vipera
Definition of Adder
1. n. One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
2. n. A serpent.
Definition of Adder
1. Noun. (obsolete) A snake. ¹
2. Noun. A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper. ¹
3. Noun. (mainly 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''. ¹
4. Noun. (US Canada) Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling the adder, such as the milk snake. ¹
5. Noun. The sea-stickleback or adder-fish. ¹
6. Noun. Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition. ¹
7. Noun. Something which adds or increases. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adder
1. a venomous snake [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adder
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1. A serpent. "The eddre seide to the woman."
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