Death adder Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun venomous Australian snake resembling an adder
    Acanthophis antarcticus.

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Definitions
  1. . (Zoöl.) (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa (Acanthophis tortor); so called from the virulence of its venom. (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family Elapidæ, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica.

Webster 1913