bitis gabonica

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsgaboon viper

   Broaderviper

   Part ofBitis

Questions about bitis gabonica

What does bitis gabonica mean?

bitis gabonica means "large heavy-bodied brilliantly marked and extremely venomous west African viper".

What is another word for bitis gabonica?

Close synonyms include gaboon viper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bitis gabonica a common word?

bitis gabonica is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.