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GABOON VIPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gaboon viper mean?
• GABOON VIPER (noun)
The noun GABOON VIPER has 1 sense:
1. large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
Familiarity information: GABOON VIPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bitis gabonica; gaboon viper
Hypernyms ("gaboon viper" is a kind of...):
viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)
Holonyms ("gaboon viper" is a member of...):
Bitis; genus Bitis (a genus of Viperidae)
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