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water adder

noun

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”).

  1. inherited from wæternædre
  2. inherited from water addre

Definitions

  1. Any of several aquatic snakes (none of which are true adders) including, among others

    Any of several aquatic snakes (none of which are true adders) including, among others:

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for water adder. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA