cobra

  • 31cobra — Most cobras are members of the highly venomous snake genus, Naja (family Elapidae); six species are recognized, all African except for the Asiatic c.; typical behavior includes spreading of the neck (hood), rearing one third of the body off of… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 32cobra — cò·bra s.m.inv. 1. AU TS zool.com. serpente velenoso del genere Naia (Naia naia o Naia tripudians) diffuso nell Asia meridionale, caratterizzato da un disegno a forma di occhiali sul collo, visibile quando questo viene dilatato nella posizione di …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 33Cobra II — This article is about the book. For the automobile, see Ford Mustang variants. Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq   …

    Wikipedia

  • 34cobra — cobra1 /koh breuh/, n. 1. any of several highly venomous, Old World elapid snakes of the genera Naja and Ophiophagus, characterized by the ability to flatten the neck into a hoodlike form when disturbed. 2. any of several similar, related African …

    Universalium

  • 35COBRA —    An artists’movement (from the abbreviation for Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam) founded in 1948 in Paris. Three Dutch painters participated: Karel Appel (1921–2006), Corneille (pseudo nym of Cornelis Guillaume van Beverloo) (1922– ), and… …

    Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands

  • 36cobra — [19] Cobra is a shortening of Portuguese cobra de capella, which came into English in India in the 17th century. This meant literally ‘snake with a hood’: cobra from Latin colubra ‘snake’ and capella (referring of course to the ‘hood’ it makes… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 37COBRA — Copenhague Bruxelles Amsterdam. Mouvement artistique actif de nov. 1948 à nov. 1951. Le nom fut imaginé par l écrivain belge Christian Dotremont et le mouvement fondé à Paris (dans un café proche de Notre Dame). Parmi les artistes qui y… …

    Sigles et Acronymes francais

  • 38cobra — [ kəʊbrə, kɒbrə] noun a highly venomous African or Asian snake that spreads the skin of its neck into a hood when disturbed. [Naja naja (spectacled cobra), N. haje (Egyptian cobra), and other species.] Origin C17: from Port. cobra de capello, lit …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 39cobra — {{#}}{{LM C09065}}{{〓}} {{[}}cobra{{]}} ‹co·bra› {{《}}▍ s.f.{{》}} Serpiente propia de zonas cálidas, principalmente en los continentes africano y asiático, que se alimenta de roedores, pájaros e insectos y cuyo veneno es mortal para las personas …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 40cobra — [19] Cobra is a shortening of Portuguese cobra de capella, which came into English in India in the 17th century. This meant literally ‘snake with a hood’: cobra from Latin colubra ‘snake’ and capella (referring of course to the ‘hood’ it makes… …

    Word origins