adder

Example Sentences

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Overall, the adder was thought to result in a less precise size distribution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2024

They can strike with the venom of an adder when the moment arrives.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2023

To investigate, Ms. Folwell set about dissecting the tail of a female death adder.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2022

According to the historic picture and photograph archive Look and Learn, "in old English, the words orange, adder, and apron all began with the letter n, and so were spelt narenge, nadder, and napron."

From Salon • Jul. 10, 2022

The sawed plank and the puff adder preyed on his mind.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck