Cobra meaning

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Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.
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Any of various venomous elapid 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.
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Leather made from the skin of one of these snakes.
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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.
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Leather made of the skin of this snake.
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Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: the U.S. law that concerns the continuation of group healthcare benefits after termination of employment.
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Any of various venomous elapid 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.
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See CORBA.
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See Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
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See Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.
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Origin of cobra

  • Short for Portuguese cobra (de capello) snake (with a hood) from Latin colubra feminine of coluber
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“snake”).
    From Wiktionary

Cobra Sentence Examples

  • The Symptoms of Cobra Poison.

  • His reminded her of a cobra about to strike, though he'd pulled the gun up to his shoulder.

  • Most venoms are tasteless, but cobra poison is said to be disagreeably bitter.

  • Of these, several poisonous species exist, including the cobra and karait (Naja tripudians and Bungarus caeruleus).

  • The cobra di capello (Naia tripudians) - the name given to it by the Portuguese, from the appearance of a hood which it produces by the expanded skin about the neck - is the most dreaded.

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