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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
adder
adder [adder adders] BrE [ˈædə(r)] NAmE [ˈædər] noun a small poisonous snake, often with diamond-shaped marks on its back. Adders are the only poisonous snakes in Britain. Word Origin: Old English nædre ‘serpent, adder’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch adder and German Natter. The initial n was lost in Middle English by wrong division of a naddre; compare with ↑apron and ↑umpire.
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