cobra.
Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
Meaning & usage
Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus).
Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A tree cobra (genus Pseudohaje).
Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A shield-nosed cobra/coral cobra (genus Aspidelaps).
Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A black desert cobra (genus Walterinnesia).
Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. An American cobra (Micrurus fulvius).
A false water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas.
A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“a female snake”).
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