adder

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Please do not compare passage of an infrastructure bill to a colonoscopy, as Michael de Adder did in his Oct.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

Egil had the shield that he was wont to have, was girded with the sword which he called Adder, but in his hand he had Dragvandill.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

The Namaqua Dwarf Adder, seen here on a sand dune in Namaqualand, South Africa, is a vulnerable species highly prized by snake collectors.

From National Geographic • Nov. 11, 2015

Fragments of the unfinished script appear in his book, The History of the Black Adder, which is published later this week.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2012

I fed thee dainties — mice and eels, Adder skin and heart of dove.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz