different between mamba vs elapid

English

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Noun

mamba (plural mambas)

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

Derived terms

• black mamba
• green mamba

Translations

Further reading

• mamba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dendroaspis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• bamma

Chichewa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.?ba/

Noun

mamba 6

1. scale(s) (of a fish or snake)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?má.?ba/

Noun

mámba 9 (plural mámba 10)

1. spitting cobra

Czech

Noun

mamba f

1. mamba

Further reading

• mamba in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• mamba in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English mamba or Afrikaans mamba, from Zulu imamba or Swazi mamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m.ba?/
• Hyphenation: mam?ba
• Rhymes: -?mba?

Noun

mamba m (plural mamba's)

1. A mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis.

Derived terms

• groene mamba
• zwarte mamba

Finnish

Noun

mamba

1. mamba

Declension

Compounds

• jamesoninmamba
• mustamamba
• vihermamba

French

Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)

1. mamba

Derived terms

• mamba noir

Polish

Etymology

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mam.ba/

Noun

mamba f

1. mamba (venomous snake)

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mamba/, [?mãm.ba]

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba (n class, plural mamba)

1. crocodile (reptile)

Synonyms

• ngwena (dialectal)

Swazi

Etymology

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Noun

mamba 1a (plural bómamba 2a)

1. mamba snake

Inflection

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English

Wikispecies

Noun

elapid (plural elapids)

1. (zoology) Any of many species of snakes of the family Elapidae, including the cobras, mambas, and coral snakes

Translations

• Italian: elapide (it) m

Adjective

elapid (comparative more elapid, superlative most elapid)

1. Characteristic of these snakes

Anagrams

• Pleiad, aliped, pedial, plaide, pleiad