noun. Any of various venomous elapid snakes, especially of the genus Naja, that are native to Asia and Africa and are capable of expanding the skin of the neck to form a flattened hood.

noun. Leather made from the skin of one of these snakes.

noun. The contracted name of the cobra-de-capello.

noun. See copra.

noun. See copra.

noun. The cobra de capello.

noun. Any of various venomous snakes of the family Elapidae.

noun. venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

"She saw before her one of the most venomous of serpents, the black naja, or "spitting-snake" -- the cobra of Africa -- far more dangerous than its congener the _cobra de capello_ of India, because far more active in its movements, and equally fatal in its bite."

african cobra  king cobra  

spitting cobra  

elapid  elapid snake  

Egyptian cobra  Indian cobra  asp  black-necked cobra  hamadryad  

adder  alligator  basilisk  copperhead  leopard  

copra