noun
Meaning 1
Any viper or adder in genus Bitis,
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
puff adder
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noun
Meaning 2
Any viper or adder in genus Bitis,
especially, a common puffadder (Bitis arietans), found in Southern Africa.
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noun
Meaning 3
harmless North American snake with upturned nose; may spread its head and neck or play dead when disturbed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hognose snake, sand viper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: colubrid snake, colubrid
noun
Meaning 4
large African viper that inflates its body when alarmed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Bitis arietans
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: viper
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Afrikaans or South African Dutch pofadder.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Aja (West Africa): gbedru — Bitis arietans
- Afrikaans: pofadder — Bitis arietans
- Amharic: ዘንዶ (zändo) — Bitis arietans
- Catalan: escurçó bufador — Bitis arietans
- Catalan: monarub — Bitis arietans
- Dagbani: bahiga — Bitis arietans
- Southwestern Dinka: anyak — Bitis arietans
- Dutch: pofadder — Bitis arietans
- French: vipère heurtante — Bitis arietans
- Gen: jàkpàtà — Bitis arietans
- German: Puffotter — Bitis arietans
- Italian: vipera soffiante — Bitis arietans
- Kikuyu: itahuha — Bitis arietans
- Komo: shʉʉm — Bitis arietans
- Korean: 뻐끔살무사 (ppeokkeumsalmusa) — Bitis arietans
- Manx: aarnieu çhiu — Bitis arietans
- Nawdm: jakpatr — Bitis arietans
- Nkonya: ɩbɛ — Bitis arietans
- Nyole (Uganda): efulugundu — Bitis arietans
- Portuguese: biúta — Bitis arietans
- Russian: шумя́щая гадю́ка (šumjáščaja gadjúka) — Bitis arietans
- Spanish: víbora bufadora — Bitis arietans
- Swahili: moma — Bitis arietans