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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Adder

/ăd'-ẽr/ · Add·er · IPA /ˈædɚ/
01 n. One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
02 n. A serpent.
  1. 1.
    A serpent.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera berus [or] Pelias berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.(Zool.)