habu

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habu (ˈhɑːbuː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a large venomous snake, Trimeresurus flavoviridis, of Okinawa and other Ryukyu Islands: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
 
[from the native name originally used in the Ryukyu Islands]

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