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Puff adder   /pəf ˈædər/   Listen
Puff adder

noun
1.
Large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed.  Synonym: Bitis arietans.
2.
Harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed.  Synonyms: hognose snake, sand viper.





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"Puff adder" Quotes from Famous Books



... flattened and expanded head, known as the blowing viper, or puff adder, is one of the most amusing representatives of the tendency to "play dead" that could well be found. If you strike him the faintest blow with the lightest stick, he at once goes into apparent convulsions, in which he seems to suffer the greatest agony. ...
— The Meaning of Evolution • Samuel Christian Schmucker


Words linked to "Puff adder" :   viper, colubrid, colubrid snake, genus Heterodon, hognose snake, Bitis, sand viper, genus Bitis, Bitis arietans, Heterodon


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