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puff adder

n :  a thick-bodied exceedingly venomous widely distributed African viper (Bitis arietans) that inflates its body and hisses loudly when disturbed : also  :  a similar smaller snake (B. inornata) that occurs only in southern Africa .
 
 

 
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