COBRA


Meaning of COBRA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkō-brə ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.