DENDROASPIS AUGUSTICEPS

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Meaning:

A highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite

Synonyms:

black mamba; Dendroaspis augusticeps

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Dendroaspis augusticeps" is a kind of...):

mamba (arboreal snake of central and southern Africa whose bite is often fatal)

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

green mamba (green phase of the black mamba)

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