adder
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- Any snake.
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper: A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera
- A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera: A common European adder (Vipera berus).
- A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper: A puff adders, of Africa (genus Bitis).
- Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders: A milk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum).
- Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling adders: A hog-nosed snake, of genus Heterodon of harmless colubrid snakes found in North America
- Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders: Death adders (Acanthophis spp.), elapid snakes found in Southeast Asia and Australia
- Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders: A northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen), a venomous viper found in the eastern United States
- A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).
- Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.
- An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.
- Something which adds or increases.
- A person who has attention deficit disorder.
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