cobra

(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

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

See cobra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Any of several venomous snakes, especially of the genus Naja, that are native to Asia and Africa and are capable of expanding the skin of the neck to form a flattened hood.
  2. Leather made from the skin of one of these snakes.

Origin:

Origin: Short for Portuguese cobra (de capello), snake (with a hood)

Origin: , from Latin colubra

Origin: , feminine of coluber

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