puff adder

puff adder

n.1. A venomous African viper (Bitis arietans) having crescent-shaped yellowish markings.2. See hognose snake.

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[So called because it inflates its body when excited.]

puff adder

n 1. (Animals) a large venomous African viper, Bitis arietans, that is yellowish-grey with brown markings and inflates its body when alarmed 2. (Animals) another name for hognose snake

puff′ ad`der

n. 1. a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed. 2. hognose snake.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	puff adder - large African viper that inflates its body when alarmedBitis arietansviper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jawBitis, genus Bitis - a genus of Viperidae
	2.	puff adder - harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbedhognose snake, sand vipercolubrid, colubrid snake - mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakesgenus Heterodon, Heterodon - a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

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