mamba

«mamba» in Mova's school dictionary: a fast, very venomous snake from Africa — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a mamba, mambas)

meaning for a pupil

A mamba is a fast, very venomous snake from Africa. There are black mambas and green mambas. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons, mambas are examples of dangerous venomous snakes; the black mamba is one of the fastest snakes on land. Its name comes from its black mouth, not its skin colour. Safety: never approach or touch a wild snake; move away slowly.

examples

• The black mamba lives in Africa. tree →
• A mamba's bite is very dangerous. tree →
• The green mamba lives in trees. tree →
• The mamba slid quickly into the grass. tree →
• Black mambas are actually grey or brown. tree →
• We saw a mamba behind glass at the zoo. tree →

note

Countable: one mamba, two mambas. A black mamba is called black because the inside of its mouth is black. Do not confuse with "mambo", a dance.

In the corpora

• Cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes are the famous ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mamba» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.