Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun Leather made from the skin of one of these snakes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The contracted name of the cobra-de-capello.
- noun See
copra .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
copra . - noun The cobra de capello.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of various venomous
snakes of the familyElapidae .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
Etymologies
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Examples
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She saw before her one of the most venomous of serpents, the black naja, or "spitting-snake" -- the cobra of Africa -- far more dangerous than its congener the _cobra de capello_ of India, because far more active in its movements, and equally fatal in its bite.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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She saw before her one of the most venomous of serpents, the black naja, or "spitting-snake" -- the cobra of Africa -- far more dangerous than its congener the _cobra de capello_ of India, because far more active in its movements, and equally fatal in its bite.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Just think of this, you are unable to do your job because of health reason, you are terminated, you pay over 1300.00 per month cobra for 18 mo., when the cobra is ended, then you pay 797.00 per month for coverage on yourself only and do not have the really good plan you had when you were working, you will welcome a health care reform that will help with this.
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The cobra is my favourite since it looks like the hardest one to stack. 12 more pics after the jump.
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The cobra is my favourite since it looks like the hardest one to stack. 12 more pics after the jump.
2006 » March 2006
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When our family had cobra is was, like $6500 per year.
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It gets the name cobra lily because the stem and leaves look like a cobra.
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It gets the name cobra lily because the stem and leaves look like a cobra.
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Distinctive 'cobra'-design seats for added comfort and enhanced rear cabin space
Autoblog 2010
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Distinctive 'cobra'-design seats for added comfort and enhanced rear cabin space
Autoblog Green 2010
darqueau commented on the word cobra
A dutch group of mid-20th century artists.
CoBrA: standing for Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam
June 21, 2008
john commented on the word cobra
“The Northrop YF-17 (unofficially nicknamed "Cobra") was a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed for the United States Air Force's Lightweight Fighter (LWF) technology evaluation program.�? More on Wikipedia.
December 30, 2008