snake-eating cobra en · NOUN
Meanings
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(archaic) A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).
[O]ur worst foe of this kind was a large light brown snake, which I think from subsequent experience must have been the reptile known as the Ophiophagus elaps, or snake-eating cobra.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 94:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snake-eating cobras | Number=Plur | lexicographic |