"mamba" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑm.bɑ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mamba.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mambas [plural]
Etymology: From Zulu imamba. Etymology templates: {{der|en|zu|imamba}} Zulu imamba Head templates: {{en-noun}} mamba (plural mambas)
  1. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees. Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes Derived forms: black mamba, green mamba Translations (venomous snake): mamba (Afrikaans), makoppa (Afrikaans), manba (Basque), mamba [feminine] (Catalan), nsongo (Chichewa), mamba [feminine] (Czech), mamba [masculine] (Dutch), mamba (Finnish), mamba [masculine] (French), Mamba [feminine] (German), mamba [masculine] (Italian), mamba [feminine] (Polish), mamba [feminine] (Portuguese), ма́мба (mámba) [feminine] (Russian), mamba [feminine] (Spanish), imamba [class-10, class-9] (Zulu)

Inflected forms

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