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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of very venomous serpents of the family Elapidæ, or of the restricted family Najadæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of venomous East Indian snakes, which feed on other snakes. Ophiophagus elaps is said to be the largest and most deadly of poisonous snakes.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun king cobra

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