cobra
Noun
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Venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood (synset 101750526)
is a type of: elapid, elapid snake - any of numerous venomous fanged snakes of warmer parts of both hemispheressubtypes:
- 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, naja nigricollis, spitting cobra - aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
- hamadryad, king cobra, naja hannah, ophiophagus hannah - large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
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