Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Elapidae —mamba .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun mambas
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Examples
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Now, the disk jockey will play a recording (from 1943?) of Fats Waller's "You're a Viper" (just for you Dennis) and we'll be out of here faster than a Dendroaspis polylepis can slither.
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The monitor lizard Varanus niloticus and snakes are common including python Python sebae, puff adder Bitis arietans, blacknecked cobra Naja nigricollis, and green mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni.
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The most common arboreal snakes are the green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) and the boomslang (Dispholidus typus typus).
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Throughout this series, even when Bryant was piling up assists, he was attacking like only the Dendroaspis polylepsis can.
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The Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), is an elapid snake and is one of Africa's most dangerous and feared snakes.
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The Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis), is an elapid snake and is one of Africa's most dangerous and feared snakes.
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