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Vipera or Pelias berus
Adder Ad"der, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre, adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger. natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.: cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water snake. An adder is for a nadder.] 1. A serpent. [Obs.] ``The eddre seide to the woman.' --Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. ) 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (or Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho. (b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. (c) Same as Sea Adder. Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper (Cerastles).

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- adulthood, Pelias and Neleus found Tyro and killed her stepmother Sidero for having mistreated her (Sidero hid in a temple dedicated to Hera but Pelias killed...
- 1863 V[ipera]. (Pelias) berus var. prester — Jan, 1863 V[ipera]. (Pelias) berus var. lymnaea — Jan, 1863 Pelias Chersea — Erber, 1863 Pelias berus — Erber...
- miniseries of the same name. Pelias (Aeson's half-brother) was power-hungry and sought to gain dominion over all of Thessaly. Pelias was the progeny of a union...
- 1953. Pelias Bluff was named in 1956 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in ****ociation with Jason Peninsula. Pelias, who was...
- becomes Jason's protector. She warns Pelias to beware of "a one-sandaled man". Twenty years later, Jason saves Pelias from drowning in a river, an "accident"...
- In Gr**** mythology, Pelias (/ˈpiːliæs/; Ancient Gr****: Πελίας) may refer to the following characters: Pelias, king of Iolcus and uncle of Jason who sent...
- Pelia may refer to: Pelpa or Pelīā, a village in Iran Pelia, a Gr**** mythological figure Pelia (crab), a genus of spider crabs in subfamily Pisinae of...
- USS Pelias (AS–14) was a Griffin-class submarine tender in service with the United States Navy from 1941 to 1970. Pelias was laid down as SS Mormacyork...
- revenge. Pelias put to death every prominent descendant of Aeolus he could, but spared Aeson because of the pleas of their mother Tyro. Instead, Pelias kept...
- died). Sidero hid at the temple of Hera but Pelias killed her anyway, causing Hera's undying hatred of Pelias – and her glorious patronage of Jason and...