death adder
noun
1.
either of two highly venomous elapid snakes of the genus
Acanthophis,
of Australia and New Guinea, having a stout body and broad head.
Origin
1855-60
British Dictionary definitions for
death adder
death adder
noun
1.
a venomous Australian elapid snake,
Acanthophis antarcticus,
resembling an adder