habu

See also: hābu, häbü, and Habu

English

Etymology

From Japanese 波布 (habu).

Noun

habu (plural habus)

  1. Any of several venomous snake species of Asia.
  2. An aircraft nicknamed for these snakes, the SR-71.
  3. A crewmember of these aircraft.
    • 1996, Richard H. Graham, SR-71 Revealed: The Untold Story‎[1], Motorbooks International, →ISBN, page 22:
      Habus always joked that you could probably get a free cup of coffee anywhere just by presenting your Mach 3 card.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

habu

  1. honey

Japanese

Romanization

habu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はぶ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ハブ

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *havu. Cognates include Finnish havu.

Noun

habu

  1. needle (of a pine tree)
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