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mam·ba
\ˈmämbə, ˈmam-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Zulu im-amba
: any of several tropical and southern African venomous snakes of the genus Dendraspis related to the cobras but lacking a dilatable hood; especially : a southern African snake (D. angusticeps) that has a light or olive-green phase and a black phase, that attains in the latter phase a length of 12 feet, and that is dreaded because of its quickness and readiness to inflict its often fatal bite |