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boomslang

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boom⋅slang

[boom-slahng, -slang]
–noun
a venomous, tree-dwelling snake, Dispholidus typus, of tropical and southern Africa, having black to greenish scales.

Origin:
1785–95; < Afrik, equiv. to boom tree (see boom 2 , beam ) + slang snake
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