单词	puff adder
释义	puff adder noun 1 : a large thick-bodied extremely venomous African viper (Bitis arietans) 2 : hognose snake Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The 22-year-old, who owned a venomous puff adder, was treated with anti-venom in Connolly Hospital, the Irish Post reported last month. Fox News, 7 Mar. 2020 This was apparently the case with the man who was bitten in late February by a puff adder, a venomous snake native to semiarid regions (i.e., not Ireland). Gillian Brockell, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2020 The researchers captured puff adder shy sharks in a harbor in Cape Town, South Africa, and transported them to a government research aquarium, where the fish acclimated for four months. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2019 So Glaudas and Alexander captured 86 puff adders, implanted tiny radio transmitters into their bodies, and tracked their movements inside Dinokeng Game Reserve. Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2017 Take the South African puff adder Bitis arietans, which mimics an insect's movements by wagging its tongue slowly and deliberately to attract nearby amphibians. National Geographic, 16 Feb. 2017 On the film, a puff adder (Bitis arietans) had extended its tongue, leaving the tip curled up—unlike the usual flicking in and out to sense its surroundings. Carrie Arnold, National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2017 See More Word History First Known Use 1789, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Medical Definition puff adder noun : a large thick-bodied exceedingly venomous widely distributed African viper (Bitis arietans) that inflates its body and hisses loudly when disturbed also : a similar smaller snake (B. inornata) of southern Africa puff adder noun as in green snake Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance green snake blue racer gopher snake bull snake milk snake water snake coral snake black racer garter snake rat snake hognose snake pine snake worm snake pit viper king snake chicken snake sea snake indigo snake water moccasin king cobra sea serpent horned viper cottonmouth moccasin diamondback rattlesnake racer rattlesnake cobra python moccasin asp copperhead boa adder mamba taipan anaconda bushmaster krait constrictor blacksnake sidewinder fer-de-lance viper snake serpent
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