"black mamba" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: black mambas [plural]
Etymology: Predominantly the Zulu language iMamba Head templates: {{en-noun}} black mamba (plural black mambas)
  1. A large venomous snake found in Africa, taxonomic name Dendroaspis polylepis. Despite the name, this species of snake is not black; its colour ranges widely from olive-brown, khaki or grey, sometimes to darker hues, especially when old. The inside of the mouth is black, but in spite of a recent urban legend there is no indication that that has anything to do with the name "black mamba", which is a much older usage than any such suggestion. Wikipedia link: black mamba Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes Translations (A large venomous snake): mamba negra [feminine] (Catalan), mustamamba (Finnish), mamba noir [masculine] (French), чёрная ма́мба (čórnaja mámba) [feminine] (Russian), songwe class 9/10 animate (Swahili), mamba (Swahili)

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