cobra

  • 11Cobra — Cobra,   Abkürzung für Copenhagen Brüssel Amsterdam, eine 1948 in Amsterdam gegründete avantgardistische Gruppe von dänischen, flämischen und niederländischen Malern (A. Jorn, K. Appel, P. Alechinsky, Constant, Corneille u. a.), die bis 1951… …

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  • 12cobra — s. f. 1. Réptil ofídio. 2. Corda com que as reses andam presas na debulha. 3. Objeto com forma semelhante à da cobra. 4.  [Figurado] Pessoa má. = CASCAVEL, VÍBORA 5.  [Portugal: Alentejo] Espécie de jogo infantil. 6.  [Antigo] Copla. 7.  [Brasil] …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • 13cobra — 1802, short for cobra capello (1670s), from Port. cobra de capello serpent (of the hood), from L. colubra a snake, female serpent (Cf. Fr. couleuvre adder ), of uncertain origin. So called for the expandable loose skin about its neck. The word… …

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  • 14Cobra — Co bra, n. The cobra de capello. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 15Cobra —    Film policier de George Pan Cosmatos, d après la nouvelle de Paula Gosling Fair Game, avec Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1986   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 27    Résumé    Pour faire face à des …

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  • 16cobra — ► NOUN ▪ a highly venomous snake that spreads the skin of its neck into a hood when disturbed, native to Africa and Asia. ORIGIN from Portuguese cobra de capello snake with hood …

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  • 17cobra — [kō′brə] n. [< Port cobra (de capello), serpent (of the hood) < L colubra, a snake: see COLON1] 1. any of several genera (esp. Naja) of very poisonous elapine snakes of Asia and Africa, having around the neck loose skin which is expanded… …

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  • 18Cobra — Co bra, n. See {Copra}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 19Cobra [1] — Cobra, Insel in der Bai von Rio de Janeiro (Brasilien, Südamerika) …

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  • 20Cobra [2] — Cobra, Maß, so v. w. Cobido …

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