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puff adder

DEFINITIONS OF: puff adder

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n large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed

Synonyms:
Bitis arietans
Type of:
viper
venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

n harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed

Synonyms:
hognose snake, sand viper
Type of:
colubrid, colubrid snake
mostly harmless temperate-to-tropical terrestrial or arboreal or aquatic snakes
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