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cobra en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkoʊbɹə/ (General-American)
• /ˈkɒbɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈkəʊbɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cobra, from Latin colubra (“a female snake”).

Meanings

1. Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
   • In the pools, too, was a species of small alligator or enormous iguana, I do not know which, that fed, Billali told me, upon the waterfowl, also large quantities of a hideous black water-snake, of which the bite is very dangerous, though not, I gathered, so deadly as a cobra's or a puff adder's. 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
2. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. ▸ A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus).
3. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. ▸ A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
4. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. ▸ A tree cobra (genus Pseudohaje).
5. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. ▸ A shield-nosed cobra/coral cobra (genus Aspidelaps).
6. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. ▸ A black desert cobra (genus Walterinnesia).
7. Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. ▸ An American cobra (Micrurus fulvius).
8. A false water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas.
9. A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape.

Forms

Deriveds

cobra lily · cobra pose · cobra chicken · cobra saffron · cobratoxin · cobra roll · cobralike · cobra maneuver · Pugachev's cobra · cobra effect · cobric

Hyponyms

Indian cobra · king cobra · monocled cobra · Equatorial spitting cobra · yellow cobra · snake-eating cobra · snouted cobra · spitting cobra · Asian cobra · cobra capella · cobra de capello · Cape cobra · spectacled cobra · Philippine cobra · Egyptian cobra · binocellate cobra

Translations (84)

ml മൂർഖൻ (venomous snake) · da kobra (venomous snake) · uk ко́бра (venomous snake) · yo ejo ṣebe (venomous snake) · rhg zouñraáff (venomous snake) · nn kobra (venomous snake) · fi silmälasikäärme (venomous snake) · pi nāga (venomous snake) · pa ਨਾਗ (venomous snake) · it cobra (venomous snake) · de Kobra (venomous snake) · sh ко̏бра (venomous snake) · sv kobra (venomous snake) · ja コブラ (venomous snake) · mr भुजंग (venomous snake) · wo saamaan mi (venomous snake) · th งูเห่า (venomous snake) · mn наж могой (venomous snake) · eo kobro (venomous snake) · mi kaupara (venomous snake) · ga cobra (venomous snake) · be ко́бра (venomous snake) · gl cobra (venomous snake) · chr ᏆᎾᏓᏲᎭ (venomous snake) · tl ulupong (venomous snake) · az gözlüklü ilan (venomous snake) · ast cobra (venomous snake) · dsb kobra (venomous snake) · pt cobra-capelo (venomous snake) · he פֶּתֶן (venomous snake) · ro cobra (venomous snake) · ru ко́бра (venomous snake) · hu kobra (venomous snake) · pi kaṇhagotamaka (venomous snake) · cy cobra (venomous snake) · nl cobra (venomous snake) · ta நாகப்பாம்பு (venomous snake) · fr cobra (venomous snake) · sk kobra (venomous snake) · tay kbibing (venomous snake) · el κόμπρα (venomous snake) · ta நாகம் (venomous snake) · bn কোবরা (venomous snake) · as ফেঁটী সাপ (venomous snake) · nb kobra (venomous snake) · cmn 眼鏡蛇 /眼镜蛇 (venomous snake) · nv tłʼiish bikʼós niteelígíí (venomous snake) · my မြွေဟောက် (venomous snake) · mr नाग (venomous snake) · km ពស់វែក (venomous snake) · nl brilslang (venomous snake) · ms tedung (venomous snake) · pl kobra (venomous snake) · sh kȍbra (venomous snake) · ca cobra (venomous snake) · ro cobră (venomous snake) · fa کفچهمار (venomous snake) · tr kobra (venomous snake) · vi rắn hổ mang (venomous snake) · bg ко́бра (venomous snake) · id kobra (venomous snake) · hi कोबरा (venomous snake) · fr naja (venomous snake) · ko 코브라 (venomous snake) · te నాగుపాము (venomous snake) · es cobra (venomous snake) · pt naja (venomous snake) · fi kobra (venomous snake) · egy D:t-I13 (venomous snake) · chy a'kêstséašé'šenovôtse (venomous snake) · tr gözlüklü yılan (venomous snake) · ar كُوبْرَا (venomous snake) · ar بَزَّاقَة (venomous snake) · ar كُوبْرَا (venomous snake) · cs kobra (venomous snake) · mnw ဇြုံဇာတ် (venomous snake) · id tedung (venomous snake) · hi काला (venomous snake) · ja 眼鏡蛇 (venomous snake) · vi hổ mang (venomous snake) · sv glasögonorm (venomous snake) · io kobro (venomous snake) · hi भुजंग (venomous snake) · mr नागोबा (venomous snake)