puff adders

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• adder — adder1 /ad euhr/, n. 1. the common European viper, Vipera berus. 2. any of various other venomous or harmless snakes resembling the viper. [bef. 950; late ME; r. ME nadder (a nadder becoming an adder by misdivision; cf. APRON), OE naeddre; c. OS… …   Universalium

• Bitis — Taxobox name = Bitis image caption = Puff adder, B. arietans . regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Viperidae subfamilia = Viperinae genus = Bitis genus… …   Wikipedia

• hognose snake — /hawg nohz , hog / any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed. [1730 40, Amer.; HOG + NOSE] * * * Any of three or four… …   Universalium

• Bitis arietans — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• List of snakes — Serpentes Grass snake, Natrix natrix Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• List of viperine species and subspecies — Taxobox name = Viperinae image caption = Asp viper, Vipera aspis regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Serpentes familia = Viperidae subfamilia = Viperinae subfamilia authority =… …   Wikipedia

• Viperinae — True vipers Asp viper, Vipera aspis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Antivenin — (or antivenom or antivenene) is a biological product used in the treatment of venomous bites or stings. The name comes from the French word venin meaning venom, and historically the word antivenin was predominant around the world. For the English …   Wikipedia

• adder — noun /ˈæd.ɚ/ a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of the genus Clotho. They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.… …   Wiktionary

• viper — vi•per [[t]ˈvaɪ pər[/t]] n. 1) ram any venomous snake of the cosmopolitan family Viperidae, characterized by a pair of hollow fangs that can be erected for biting and injecting venom: includes the adders, puff adders, and pit vipers 2) ram any of …   From formal English to slang

• Cigarman — is the name of both a comic strip and the hero of the strip. It is published on the back page of Smoke Magazine link c.1997. Cigarman was written by Sam Gross, and drawn by Randy Jones. Contents 1 Origin 2 Other characters 3 Stor …   Wikipedia