Akademik

Dendraspis

noun

mambas

• Syn: ↑Dendroaspis, ↑genus Dendroaspis, ↑genus Dendraspis

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Elapidae, ↑family Elapidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mamba

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\\-ˈdraspə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from dendr- + Latin aspis asp — more at asp

: a genus of African elapid snakes comprising the mambas

Useful english dictionary. 2012.