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cobra.

Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkəʊbɹə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɒbɹə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkoʊbɹə/General-American
  1. Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.

  2. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus).

  3. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).

  4. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A tree cobra (genus Pseudohaje).

  5. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A shield-nosed cobra/coral cobra (genus Aspidelaps).

  6. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. A black desert cobra (genus Walterinnesia).

  7. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. An American cobra (Micrurus fulvius).

  8. A false water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas.

  9. 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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