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GABOON VIPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
Synonyms:
Bitis gabonica; gaboon viper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gaboon viper" is a kind of...):
viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)
Holonyms ("gaboon viper" is a member of...):
Bitis; genus Bitis (a genus of Viperidae)