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Meanings of adder in English
Species of reptile.
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Examples for "viper"
Examples for "viper"
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No lingering, or the viper will be in the bush from us.
2
You have lain like a stinging viper in the bosom of friendship.
3
She crushed it in her hand as though it were a viper.
4
Snake moved quickly toward the rocks, but the sand viper had disappeared.
5
When the lock was full father killed the viper with a boat-hook.
1
Summer is the peak season for attacks by the UK's only venomous snake, the common European adder.
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ADDER, a name for the common viper (Vipera cevus), ranging from Wales to Saghalien island, and from Caithness to the north of Spain.
Usage of adder in English
1
But this will be impossible at adder sites surrounded by built-up areas.
2
Self-portrait: photographer Norman Morrison wearing police uniform and holding a live adder.
3
He turned to Juliette with an unexpressed query in his adder-like eyes.
4
For the first time since the adder episode, he was really happy.
5
The deaf adder never moves unless it is touched, hence its name.
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Markland started as if an adder had stung him, uttering the word-
7
He gave a little start as if an adder had stung him.
8
Isobel's question shot out as swiftly as the tongue of an adder.
9
It is the double-distilled extract of nux vomica, ratsbane, and adder's tongue.
10
They would rather touch an adder's head than a piece of money.
11
Mr. G.'s head seemed to swell with rage like a puff adder's.
12
Ghysbrecht's face darkened with ire when this adder's tongue struck his wound.
13
I didn't dream that I was warming an adder to sting me?
14
Watching the monster feed was like watching an adder consume a rat.
15
The stone fish resembles in character and habits the death adder.
16
The day you were born, an eagle fought an adder outside your house.
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Portuguese
Adder through the time
Adder across language varieties
United Kingdom
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