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Definition of: adder
(ad′ər) noun
1. A viper, especially the common European viper (Vipera berus), about two feet long, of a brownish color variegated with black.
2. One of various other snakes, as the harmless puff adder of the United States. [OE nædre (a nadder in ME becoming an adder)]
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