water adder

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water adder - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water adder \Wa"ter ad"der\ (Zool.)
        (a) The water moccasin.
        (b) The common, harmless American water snake
            (Tropidonotus sipedon). See Illust. under Water  Snake
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  Water moccasin \Wa"ter moc"ca*sin\ (Zool.)
     A venomous North American snake (Ancistrodon piscivorus)
     allied to the rattlesnake but destitute of a rattle. It lives
     in or about pools and ponds, and feeds largely of fishes.
     Called also water snake, water adder, water viper.
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