cobra (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cobra*:
NOUN	animal	cobra	venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

cobra > pronunciation
Sounds	kow'brah
Rhymes	abracadabra ... zebra: 116 rhymes with rah...

English > *cobra*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood.
Narrower	Indian cobra, Naja naja	A cobra of tropical Africa and Asia
	asp, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje	cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
	black-necked cobra, spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis	aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa
	hamadryad, king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, Naja hannah	large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies
Broader	elapid, elapid snake	Any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheres
Spanish	cobra
Catalan	cobra

HyperDic: cobra