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spitting cobra definition

spitting cobra

any of various cobras, esp. the ringhals and a small, black-necked African cobra (Naja nigricollis), that spray jets of venom at the eyes of an aggressor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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