n.
Pronunciation: ' k ō -br ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Portuguese cobra ( de capello ), literally, hooded snake, from Latin colubra snake
Date: 1802
: any of several venomous Asian and African elapid snakes (genera Naja and Ophiophagus ) that when excited expand the skin of the neck into a hood by movement of the anterior ribs also : any of several related African snakes