habu

British

/ ˈhɑːbuː /

noun

a large venomous snake, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, of Okinawa and other Ryukyu Islands: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)

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Etymology

Origin of habu

from the native name originally used in the Ryukyu Islands

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“Hey Chief, what y’all gonna do when y’all see one of them habu snakes? I hear they’s just a-crawlin’ all over Okinawa.”

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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