See Also: Daboia(medicine)
daboia(dictionary)

lone (oh) and daboia (iou)


lone (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: alone]
used to talk about the only person or thing in a place, or the only person or thing that does something
-synonym solitary solitary
::A lone figure was standing at the bus stop.
::He was by no means a lone voice criticizing the government.
::a lone gunman
::the lone survivor of a shipwreck
lone mother/father/parent etc
BrE someone who looks after their children on their own
-synonym single single
::a lone-parent family
lone wolf
someone who prefers to be alone

daboia (iou)



daboia noun. L19.
[Hindi daboya lit. 'lurker', from dabna lurk.]
= RUSSELL'S VIPER.