spitting cobra
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spitting cobra
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Jardine, Khalek and their colleagues tested the effect of 95Mat5 on mice injected with toxins from the many-banded krait, Indian spitting cobra, black mamba and king cobra.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024
The zoo is home to species including an African grey parrot, a vervet monkey, giant lizards known as Nile monitors, a desert tortoise, a horned viper snake and a Nubian spitting cobra.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2023
They had been bitten by a highly venomous species of spitting cobra native to Mozambique.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2022
Cape buffaloes’ horns, impalas’ long legs, porcupines’ spines and the projectile venom of the spitting cobra are all adaptations to sharing habitat with predators such as lions.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2017
His head is shaped like a pear standing on its stem and has two eyes spaced about six inches apart and they are as friendly as those of a spitting cobra irked by hives.
From Operation Earthworm by Archibald, Joe
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