cobra-de-capello
1cobra de capello — [dē kə pel′ō] n. pl. cobras de capello [see COBRA] a varicolored cobra (Naja naja), esp. of India, with an eyelike marking on the hood …
2Cobra de capello — Co bra de ca*pel lo [Pg., serpent of the hood.] (Zo[ o]l.) The hooded snake ({Naia tripudians}), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India. [1913 Webster] …
3Cobra de Capello — Cobra de Capello, s. Brillenschlange …
4cobra de capello — /koh breuh dee keuh pel oh/, pl. cobras de capello. See Indian cobra. [1660 70; < Pg: hooded snake (cobra < L colubra snake; capello < LL cappellus hood, equiv. to capp(a) CAP1 + ellus ELLE)] * * * …
5cobra de capello — dēkəˈpe(ˌ)lō noun (plural cobras de capello) Etymology: Portuguese : indian cobra …
6cobra-de-capello — n. [Port.] Cobra, hooded snake, spectacle snake (Naja tripudians) …
7COBRA — Le groupe Cobra, dont le nom est formé par la contraction des premières lettres de COpenhague , BRuxelles et Amsterdam , villes des trois pays de ses fondateurs, fut actif de 1948 à 1951. De nombreux artistes s’y rattachèrent au gré des… …
8cobra — 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… …
9Cobra — Co bra, n. The cobra de capello. [1913 Webster] || …
10cobra — ► 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 …
