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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 viperplay

  Familiarity information: GABOON VIPER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GABOON VIPER (noun)


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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