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water adder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
wa-ter ad-der
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A water mocassin (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a venomous aquatic snake of North America.

noun

Any of species Natrix natrix of non-venomous European snakes.

noun

Any aquatic snake, such as:

noun

Any aquatic snake, such as:

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, adder.

Etymology

From Middle English water addre, watyradyr, watir edyr, alteration (see adder) of water neddyr, watyrnedyre, from Old English wæternædre, wæternǣdre, equivalent to water + adder. Cognate with Dutch wateradder (“wateradder”), German Wassernatter (“watersnake”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

water adders (plural) water-adder (alternative) wateradder (alternative)

Phrases

prairie water adder

Synonyms

cottonmouth cottonmouth mocassin ringed snake water snake grass snake watersnake

Questions

What does water adder mean?
A water mocassin (Agkistrodon piscivorus), a venomous aquatic snake of North America.
Where does water adder come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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