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cobra definition

co·bra (kō′brə)

noun

  1. any of several genera (esp. Naja) of very poisonous elapine snakes of Asia and Africa, having around the neck loose skin which is expanded into a hood when the snake is excited
  2. leather made of the skin of this snake

Etymology: < Port cobra (de capello), serpent (of the hood) < L colubra, a snake: see colon

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cobra Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • spit: Chelsea should also be praised for wrestling a spitting cobra that attacked her and left her with a scar for life.

Converse of subject

  • bite: I know a Yogi who was bitten by a cobra, and who fell down on the ground.

Adjective modifier

  • giant: Trevor Seeley kindly told me that he had dreams about being squished by a giant cobra when he was on anti-malarials.

Modifies a noun

  • venom: The potential danger of these creatures should not be underestimated for their poison is 75 % the strength of cobra venom, .

Noun used with modifier

  • marathas: Says marathas cobras the outcomes of to be a priority family rate.

Possessives

  • ol: Maybe then that mongoose was our savior, snacking on all the mean ol ' cobras to protect us volunteers.
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cobra quotes

It is no game for the soft of sinewand the gentle of spirit. Thehigherand dirtiercroquet-playercanusetheguile of a cobra and the inhumanity of a boa constrictor.

-Woollcott, Alexander Humphreys

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