black mamba
Africa's deadliest serpent
A black mamba is a large, fast-moving venomous snake native to sub-Saharan Africa, among the deadliest in the world.
The name refers to the dark coloring inside its mouth, not its olive or brown body.
The snake became widely known as basketball player Kobe Bryant's nickname, referencing his quick, lethal playing style.
Cold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
hiss · forked tongue · predator · Africa · coil · strike · burrow · camouflage
Quickness and ease
- rapidMoving with haste
- quickMoving with speed
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- velocityDirected rate of motion
locomotion · pursuit · escape · slither · ground speed · evasion · chase · reaction time
- LakersLA basketball franchise
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- NBATop-tier American court league
- Los AngelesSouthern California metropolis
shooting guard · athlete · championships · MVP · All-Star · legend · Hall of Fame · 24
Poison attacking neural tissue
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- bitePierce with teeth
- lethalCausing or capable of death
toxin · cardiotoxin · paralysis · respiratory failure · fatality · potency · venom glands · injection
Causing death or ruin
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- dangerousApt to cause harm
- killerOne who causes death
- menacingConveying threat or danger
threatening · fearsome · aggressive · unpredictable · notorious · feared · death · mortality rate
reptile
Cold-blooded scaled vertebrate
fangs · hiss · forked tongue · predator · Africa · coil · strike · burrow · camouflage · savannah
agility
Quickness and ease
- rapidMoving with haste
- quickMoving with speed
- accelerationRate velocity changes
velocity · locomotion · pursuit · escape · slither · ground speed · evasion · chase · reaction time
Kobe Bryant
- LakersLA basketball franchise
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- NBATop-tier American court league
Los Angeles · shooting guard · athlete · championships · MVP · All-Star · legend · Hall of Fame · 24 · 8
neurotoxin
Poison attacking neural tissue
- envenomationInjection of animal poison
- antivenomSerum countering toxic bites
- bitePierce with teeth
lethal · toxin · cardiotoxin · paralysis · respiratory failure · fatality · potency · venom glands · injection · symptom
fatal
Causing death or ruin
menacing · threatening · fearsome · aggressive · unpredictable · notorious · feared · death · mortality rate · untreated
- snakescobra, anaconda, boa, viper, python
- venomous snakescobra, viper, taipan, krait, rattlesnake
- African reptilespuff adder, Nile crocodile, boomslang, Egyptian cobra, ball python
- black snakes
- mambas
- dangerous animalscrocodile, shark, cobra, rattlesnake, scorpion
black mambagarter snake
Small harmless North American serpent
milk snake · corn snake · ball python · kingsnake · rat snake
black, blacken, mamba, blackness, blacks, blackish, blackened, blackening, blackly