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Definition of cobra noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cobra

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/ˈkəʊbrə/
 
/ˈkəʊbrə/
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  1. a poisonous snake that can spread the skin at the back of its neck to make itself look bigger. Cobras live in Asia and Africa.Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Portuguese cobra de capello, literally ‘snake with hood’, based on Latin colubra ‘snake’.
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