boomslange

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boomslange - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Boomslange \Boom"slang*e\, n. [D. boom tree + slang snake.]
     (Zool.)
     A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis).
     Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison
     fangs.
     [1913 Webster]