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Puff Adder

Definition: Puff Adder

Puff Adder

Noun

1. Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.

2. Harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Puff Adder

Synonyms: hognose snake (n), sand viper (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Puff Adder

English words defined with "puff adder": Plumed adder, puffing adderRiver jack. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Puff Adder

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Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Puff Adder

Language Translations for "puff adder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

nëpërkë fishkëllyese. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вид африканска усойница. (various references)

   

French

  

vipère heurtante. (various references)

   

German

  

puffotter. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οχιά (viper). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pufogó vipera. (various references)

   

Manx

  

aarnieu chiu. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uffpay adderay

   

Romanian

  

viperã sâsâitoare. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

африканская гадюка (puff-adder). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

vrsta otrovnice. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pufform. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

şişen engerek. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Puff Adder

Misspellings

"Puff Adder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: puff addler. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Puff Adder

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-f-f-p-r-u"

-2 letters: defraud.

-3 letters: daffed, draped, duffer, farded, padder, puffed, puffer, ruffed.

-4 letters: adder, dared, draff, drape, dread, drupe, duped, duper, dured, faded, fader, fared, feuar, fraud, padre, pared, pareu, perdu, prude, purda, raped, readd, ruffe, udder.

-5 letters: aped, aper, daff, dare, dead, deaf, dear, duad, dude, duff, dupe, dura, dure, fade, fard, fare, fear, feud.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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