mamba
any of several long, slender, arboreal snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, of central and southern Africa, the bite of which is often fatal.
Origin of mamba
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How to use mamba in a sentence
The black mamba snake slithering towards Lakshmi is highly venomous.
‘Gods of Suburbia’: Dina Goldstein’s Arresting Photo Series on Religion vs. Consumerism | Dina Goldstein | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn his loins was a lion of great fierceness, and coiled round his waist was a hissing mamba (snake).
Uncanny Tales | VariousA snake of the mamba species, which grows to a considerable size, very scarce, and with a proportionately bad reputation.
Forging the Blades | Bertram MitfordHardly one hundred years ago, on the site of the modern esplanade, there stood a temple consecrated to mamba-Devi.
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan | Helena Pretrovna BlavatskyCoiled but a few scant feet away was a long black mamba, the most poisonous snake of Africa.
The Forest of Mystery | James H. Foster
On hearing it mamba leaped from the couch on which he had been laid as if nothing were the matter with him.
The Fugitives | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for mamba
/ (ˈmæmbə) /
any aggressive partly arboreal tropical African venomous elapid snake of the genus Dendroaspis, esp D. angusticeps (green and black mambas)
Origin of mamba
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