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Where does “habu” come from?

habu (English) comes from Japanese 波布, from Japanese 反鼻.

habu (English): Any of various venomous snakes of Asia

Definitions

  1. Any of various venomous snakes of Asia

Ancestry of “habu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese波布"Trimeresurus flavoviridis" , a species of...
2Japanese反鼻—
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