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

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Usage examples (36)
  • Everyone knows bread is as deadly as a black mamba.
  • They would press his teeth in and then kill the mamba.
  • An Ndoki appeared, holding a live mamba above my head.
  •  And don't ask me where I bought a black mamba snake.
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  • Don't miss the snake charmer at the market -- he's trained a "mamba" (an African venomous snake) to do the "mambo" (a rhythmic Latin dance).
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