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BITIS GABONICA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Bitis gabonica mean?

• BITIS GABONICA (noun)
The noun BITIS GABONICA has 1 sense:

1. large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper

Familiarity information: BITIS GABONICA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BITIS GABONICA (noun)

Sense 1

Bitis gabonica ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bitis gabonica; gaboon viper

Hypernyms ("Bitis gabonica" is a kind of...):

viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)

Holonyms ("Bitis gabonica" is a member of...):

Bitis; genus Bitis (a genus of Viperidae)

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