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Definition of Black mamba
1. Noun. A highly venomous southern African mamba dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to bite.
Definition of Black mamba
1. Noun. A large venomous snake found in Africa, taxonomic name ''Dendroaspis polylepis'', which ranges in color from green to gray. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Mamba
Literary usage of Black mamba
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Haunts of Wild Game: A Hunter-naturalist's Wanderings from Kahlamba to by Frederick Vaughan Kirby (1896)
"... for I could multiply instances of the terrible powers of the black 'mamba
which have under my own observation. The Boers designate the , loom-slang, ..."
2. Tales from the Veld by Ernest Glanville (1897)
"X THE black mamba WE were talking about snakes at the little roadside winkle—a
composite shop, where you could buy moist black sugar, tinned butter, ..."
3. Human Rights Watch World Report 1997 by Human Rights Watch (Organization), Human Rights Watch Staff (1996)
"On November 1, the remaining six were acquitted of treason and murder charges,
there being no evidence to prove that they were linked to the "black mamba. ..."
4. South African Sketches by Alfred Burdon Ellis (1887)
"Now, the black mamba is about as nasty a snake as you'll find in Natal, and we
can show as pretty a collection of those reptiles as you'll get in any ..."
5. Among the Zulus and Amatongas: With Sketches of the Natives, Their Language by David Leslie (1875)
"He had tramped on a black Mamba, at least ten feet long; its tail was across the
road, and its head in a bush. He sprang away, and in doing so took the ..."
6. Twenty-Five Years in a Waggon [Sic] by Andrew A. Anderson (1888)
"... being out one afternoon with my gun after wild-ducks, walking along the banks,
all of a sudden a large black mamba snake stood in my path, ..."
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