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noun
either of two highly venomous elapid snakes of the genus Acanthophis, of Australia and New Guinea, having a stout body and broad head.
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Origin of death adder
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby death adder
dear me, dearth, deary, deasil, death, death adder, death and taxes, certain as, death angel, death anxiety, deathbed, death before dishonor
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British Dictionary definitions for death adder
death adder
noun
a venomous Australian elapid snake, Acanthophis antarcticus, resembling an adder
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