MAMBA

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Meaning:

Arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("mamba" is a kind of...):

elapid; elapid snake (any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mamba"):

black mamba; Dendroaspis augusticeps (a highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite)

Holonyms ("mamba" is a member of...):

Dendraspis; Dendroaspis; genus Dendraspis; genus Dendroaspis (mambas)