PUFF ADDER

Meaning of PUFF ADDER in English

1. a large, thick-bodied, African viper, Bitis arietans, that inflates its body and hisses when disturbed.

2. a similar viper, B. inornata, native to southern Africa.

[ 1780-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PUFF ADDER — noun Date: 1789 a large thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper ( Bitis arietans ), hognose snake
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PUFF ADDER — noun 1. a. : a thick-bodied exceedingly venomous widely distributed African viper ( Bitis arietans ) that inflates its body …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUFF ADDER — Date: 1789 1. : a large thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper ( Bitis arietans ) 2. : hognose snake
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUFF ADDER — Function: noun Date: 1789 1 : a large thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper ( Bitis arietans ) 2 : HOGNOSE …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PUFF ADDER — ■ noun 1》 a large, sluggish African viper which inflates the upper part of its body and hisses loudly when …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PUFF ADDER — [puff adder] n (1789) 1: a thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper (Bitis arietans) 2: hognose snake
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PUFF ADDER — noun 1. a poisonous African snake that can make the top part of its body appear bigger 2. ( NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUFF-ADDER — сущ.; зоол. африканская гадюка n африканская гадюка puff-adder африканская гадюка
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUFF-ADDER — _n. африканская гадюка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUFF-ADDER — сущ.; зоол.африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PUFF ADDER — африканская гадюка
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PUFF ADDER — африканская гадюка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PUFF-ADDER — сущ. ; зоол. африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PUFF-ADDER — сущ.; зоол. африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PUFF ADDER — см. hissing adder
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
PUFF ADDER — см. hissing adder
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PUFF-ADDER — _n. африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PUFF-ADDER — n. африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PUFF-ADDER — африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
PUFF-ADDER — _n. африканская гадюка
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PUFF ADDER — см hognose snake
PUFF ADDER — см. hognose snake
PUFF-ADDER — сущ.; зоол. африканская гадюка n африканская гадюка puff-adder африканская гадюка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ADDER — Any of several venomous snakes of the viper family (Viperidae) and the death adder, a viperlike elapid . Vipers include …
Английский словарь Британика
PUFF
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADDER — I. ad·der ˈadə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English addre, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of a naddre ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADDER — (n.) Same as Sea Adder.
Английский словарь Webster
ADDER — (n.) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc.
Английский словарь Webster
ADDER — (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The …
Английский словарь Webster
ADDER — ( n. ) Same as Sea Adder.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ADDER — ( n. ) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ADDER — ( n. ) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (Pelias) berus. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PUFF — — puffingly , adv. /puf/ , n. 1. a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath. 2. an abrupt …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADDER — adder 1 /ad"euhr/ , n. 1. the common European viper, Vipera berus. 2. any of various other venomous or harmless …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PUFF — I. ˈpəf verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pyffan, of imitative origin Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ADDER — I. ad·der ˈa-dər noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration (by false division of a naddre ) of naddre, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PUFF — adj puffed up; vain. 2. puff ·noun a kind of light pastry. 3. puff ·noun anything light and filled with …
Webster English vocab
ADDER — noun a serpent. 2. adder ·noun ·same·as sea adder. 3. adder ·noun one who, or that which, adds; ·esp., a …
Webster English vocab
ADDER — ~ 1 ■ noun a small venomous snake which has a dark zigzag pattern on its back and bears live …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PUFF — [puff] vb [ME, fr. OE pyffan, of imit. origin] vi (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): to blow in short gusts …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADDER — Puff adder (Bitis arietans) any of several venomous snakes of the viper family, Viperidae, and the death adder, a viperlike …
Britannica English vocabulary
ADDER — adder BrE AmE ˈæd ə AmE \ ˈæd ə r ▷ adder|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUFF — / pʌf; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. puff (at / on sth) to smoke a cigarette, pipe, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADDER — / ˈædə(r); NAmE / noun a small poisonous snake, often with diamond-shaped marks on its back. Adders are the only …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUFF — I. puff 1 /pʌf/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pyffan , from the sound ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADDER — ad ‧ der /ˈædə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: a nadder , mistaken for …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUFF — n. & v. --n. 1 a a short quick blast of breath or wind. b the sound of this; a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PUFF — n. & v. n. 1 a a short quick blast of breath or wind. b the sound of this; a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PUFF — n. & v. --n. 1. a a short quick blast of breath or wind. b the sound of this; a …
Oxford English vocab
PUFF — ( puffs, puffing, puffed) 1. If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it. He lit a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUFF — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a puff of smoke (= a small amount that comes quickly from something ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADDER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As quick as a striking adder , the soldier's fingers fastened around her arm. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUFF — (PRAISE), US also puff piece [noun] [C] [informal] [usually disapproving] - a piece of writing or speech which praises somethingI …
Cambridge English vocab
ADDER — n. Any of several venomous snakes of the viper family (Viperidae) and the death adder, a viperlike elapid . Vipers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUFF
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUFF — I. noun 1 of air/smoke/wind ADJECTIVE ▪ little , small , tiny PREPOSITION ▪ ~ of ▪ a little ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PUFF — n. 25B6; noun a puff of wind : GUST, blast, flurry, rush, draught, waft, breeze, breath. he took a puff …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUFF — n. 1 blow, breath, wind, whiff, draught, gust, blast, huff A slight puff through the open window stirred the curtains …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ADDER — 1. A device whose output data are a representation of the sum of the numbers represented by its input data …
Telecommunication Standard Terms English vocab
ADDER — This word is used for any poisonous snake, and is applied in this general sense by the translators of the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PUFF
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUFF — puff.ogg 1. pʌf n 1. 1> дуновение ветра there's hardly a puff of wind today - сегодня нет ни ветерка …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ADDER — сумматор; схема суммирования; блок суммирования - binary adder - caption adder - carcass adder - carry-look-ahead adder - coincidence-type adder …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
ADDER — сумматор; схема суммирования; блок суммирования - binary adder - caption adder - carcass adder - carry-look-ahead adder - coincidence-type adder - decimal adder - false adder - full …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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