cobra-de-capello
11cobra — [kō′brə] n. [< Port cobra (de capello), serpent (of the hood) < L colubra, a snake: see COLON1] 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… …
12cobra — Most cobras are members of the highly venomous snake genus, Naja (family Elapidae); six species are recognized, all African except for the Asiatic c.; typical behavior includes spreading of the neck (hood), rearing one third of the body off of… …
13cobra — cobra1 /koh breuh/, n. 1. any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed. 2. any of several similar, related African …
14cobra — [ kəʊbrə, kɒbrə] noun a highly venomous African or Asian snake that spreads the skin of its neck into a hood when disturbed. [Naja naja (spectacled cobra), N. haje (Egyptian cobra), and other species.] Origin C17: from Port. cobra de capello, lit …
15cobra — co•bra [[t]ˈkoʊ brə[/t]] n. pl. bras 1) ram any venomous Old World elapid snake of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hood 2) ram any of several related African snakes • Etymology: 1810–20;… …
16cobra — noun Etymology: Portuguese cobra (de capello), literally, hooded snake, from Latin colubra snake Date: 1802 any of several venomous Asian and African elapid snakes (genera Naja and Ophiophagus) that when excited expand the skin of the neck into a …
17cobra — co|bra [ˈkəubrə US ˈkou ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Portuguese; Origin: cobra (de capello) snake with a hood , from Latin colubra snake ] a poisonous African or Asian snake that can spread the skin of its neck to make itself look bigger …
18cobra — n. Hooded snake, spectacle snake, cobra de capello …
19cobra — I. /ˈkɒbrə / (say kobruh), /ˈkoʊbrə / (say kohbruh) noun 1. any snake of the genus Naja, exceedingly venomous and characterised by the ability to expand the skin of its neck so that it assumes a hood like form. 2. Aeronautics a manoeuvre in which …
20hooded snake — Cobra, cobra de capello …
