: any of several chiefly arboreal venomous green or black elapid snakes (genus Dendroaspis) of sub-Saharan Africa
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Per a report from The Telegraph, Dingo was bitten by an Eastern green mamba.
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Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
And a gladiator sandal recalled the coils of the mamba snake.
—WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
There was something called mindfulness behind the mamba mentality.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024
Researchers have created a powerful synthetic antibody that counteracts the deadly venom produced by snakes in the Elapidae family—which includes the black mamba, king cobra and kraits.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
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Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
And a gladiator sandal recalled the coils of the mamba snake.
—WWD, 23 Sep. 2024
There was something called mindfulness behind the mamba mentality.
—Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024
Researchers have created a powerful synthetic antibody that counteracts the deadly venom produced by snakes in the Elapidae family—which includes the black mamba, king cobra and kraits.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Mamba.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mamba. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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: any of several venomous elapid snakes (genus Dendroaspis) of sub-Saharan Africa that are related to the cobras but lack a dilatable hood
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: 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 (3.66 meters), and that is noted for the quickness with which it inflicts its often fatal bite
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