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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Vipera berus (0.02162 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Vipera berus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Vipera berus
Vipera berus
n : small terrestrial viper common in northern Eurasia [syn:
adder,
common viper]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Vipera berus
Adder
\Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.]
“The eddre seide to the woman.”
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus
Vipera. The
common European adder is the
Vipera berus or
Pelias berus
. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the
milk adder,
puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as
Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(
Cerastles).
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