Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of very venomous serpents, of the family Elapidæ or made the type of a family Najidæ, having the skin of the neck distensible into a kind of hood, the anal scute entire, the urosteges two-rowed, and no postparietal plates; the cobras.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A genus of cobras.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A member of the
Naja genus ofpoisonous snakes ;cobras
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- noun cobras
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Examples
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Just go to naja.com or call 405-325-9008 for the answers to all of your questions.
Tim Giago: Native American Journalists Association Owes A Lot to Allen Neuharth, Founder of USA Today Tim Giago 2011
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Just go to naja.com or call 405-325-9008 for the answers to all of your questions.
Tim Giago: Native American Journalists Association Owes A Lot to Allen Neuharth, Founder of USA Today Tim Giago 2011
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The reptilian fauna includes water monitor Varanus salvator, Indian python Python molurus, common cobra Naja naja and king cobra N. hannah.
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The eighteen recorded snake species include king cobra Ophiophagus hannah and spectacled cobra Naja naja, three vipers and six sea-snakes.
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Kipling not only conveys a vivid sense of danger and wickedness but also describes the appearance and defensive behavior of Naja naja, the Indian cobra, with as precise an eye as any herpetologist.
Leader of the Pack 2008
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Common cobra Naja naja occurs in areas of disturbed agricultural land.
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The capture of venomous snakes has dramatically reduced the numbers of rare species such as the Central Asian cobra (Naja naja oxiana) and sand echis (Echis carinatus) as well as many common species.
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Other reptiles in the area are leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius), which is common throughout the ecoregion; the Indian cobra (Naja naja), found in Baluchistan; and the Central Asian cobra (Naja oxiana) from the northwest plains.
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They form a literary school known in Russia as oblitchitel naja (accusing, refuting).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Ah, those maladette bestie di serpenti -- they swarmed among the rocks: they were of every kind and size; worst of all, the spleenful naja.
Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910
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