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Noun

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

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