Main Entry: co·bra

Pronunciation: \ˈkō-brə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Portuguese cobra (de capello), literally, hooded snake, from Latin colubra snake

Date: 1802

: any of several venomous Asian and African elapid snakes (genera Naja and Ophiophagus) that when excited expand the skin of the neck into a hood by movement of the anterior ribs; also : any of several related African snakes