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mamba

/ˈmæmbə/

mamba noun: any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

mamba: any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees
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Noun

mamba (plural mambas)

  1. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

Proper noun capitalized: Mamba

Mamba

  1. a dialect of the Zimba language spoken in the Congo

mamba meaning in Bengali

mamba in Bengali

আফ্রিকার কালো, সবুজবর্ণের বিষধর সাপবিশেষ

Forms of mamba

pluralmambas

Plural of mamba: mambas

Origin of mamba

Derived from Zulu ímâmba, from Proto-Bantu *mbámbà.

Words formed from mamba

Phrases with mamba

Questions about mamba

What does mamba mean?
Mamba means any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.
What is mamba in Bengali?
Mamba in Bengali is আফ্রিকার কালো, সবুজবর্ণের বিষধর সাপবিশেষ. See Mamba meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is mamba?
Mamba can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mamba?
Mamba is pronounced /ˈmæmbə/.
What is the plural of mamba?
The plural of mamba is mambas.

Words near mamba in the dictionary

  1. Mamatid
  2. mamavirus
  3. mamaviruses
  4. mamaw
  5. mamaws
  6. mamba
  7. Mambago-A
  8. Mambago-B
  9. Mambajao
  10. Mambaling
  11. Mambalite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mamba (page history and authors); Mamba (page history and authors); mamba (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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