death adder

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   venomous Australian snake resembling an adder

   SynonymsAcanthophis antarcticus

   Broaderelapid

   Part ofAcanthophis

Questions about death adder

What does death adder mean?

death adder means "venomous Australian snake resembling an adder".

What is another word for death adder?

Close synonyms include Acanthophis antarcticus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is death adder a common word?

death adder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.