HyperDic: spitting_cobra

English > 1 sense of the expression spitting cobra:
NOUNanimalspitting cobra, black-necked cobra, Naja nigricollisaggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa
English > spitting cobra: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningaggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness.
Synonymsblack-necked cobra, Naja nigricollis
Member ofNaja, genus Najacobras
Broadercobravenomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood
Catalannaja nigricollis

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