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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#x1)
- A mamba's bite is very dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#x2)
- The green mamba lives in trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#x3)
- The mamba slid quickly into the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#x4)
- Black mambas are actually grey or brown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#x5)
- We saw a mamba behind glass at the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mamba» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamba/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.