Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

green mamba

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.64 in modern English

Syllables: green -mam-ba
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dendroaspis angusticeps, a venomous snake native to Africa, the common mamba, eastern green mamba.

noun

Dendroaspis viridis, a venomous snake native to western Africa; the western green mamba.

Etymology

Compound of green + mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Word Breakdown

Root: imamba

Inflected Forms

green mambas (plural)

Questions

What does green mamba mean?: Dendroaspis angusticeps, a venomous snake native to Africa, the common mamba, eastern green mamba.
Where does green mamba come from?: Compound of green + mamba, from Zulu imamba.

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