Gaboon viper
noun
1- a large, thick-bodied venomous African snake with a pair of horn-like scales on the snout, and the scales richly patterned with brown, purple, and cream加蓬口丝蝰。
1.1
- Bitis gabonica, family Viperidae.拉丁名Bitis gabonica,蝰科。
词源
early 20th cent.: named after Gaboon （now GABON）.