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mamba

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mam·ba  (mämb)
n.
Any of several venomous arboreal snakes of the genus Dendroaspis of tropical Africa, especially D. angusticeps, a green or black tree snake having an often fatal bite.
[Zulu -mâmbà.]
mamba [ˈmæmbə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any aggressive partly arboreal tropical African venomous elapid snake of the genus Dendroaspis, esp D. angusticeps (green and black mambas)
[from Zulu im-amba]
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Noun1.mamba - arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatalmamba - arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal
elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
Dendraspis, Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis - mambas
black mamba, Dendroaspis augusticeps - a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite
Translations
mamba [ˈmæmbə] N (Zool) → mamba f
mamba
n → Mamba f
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