cobra de capello

[koh-bruh dee kuh-pel-oh]

noun

plural

cobras de capello 

1. Indian cobra.

cobra de capello

/ diː kəˈpɛləʊ /

noun

1. a cobra, Naja tripudians, that has ringlike markings on the body and exists in many varieties in S and SE Asia

Word History and Origins

Origin of cobra de capello¹

1660–70; < Portuguese: hooded snake ( cobra < Latin colubra snake; capello < Late Latin cappellus hood, equivalent to capp ( a ) cap ¹ + -ellus -elle ( def. ) )

Example Sentences

E�laps, a genus of poisonous American snakes, the type of the family Elapid�, to which belongs the cobra de capello.

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Among the serpents are the cobra de capello, one of the most deadly snakes in existence; there are also large boas and pythons, besides sea and fresh-water snakes.

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He then takes off his cloth jacket, and, opening the box, draws out a large Cobra de Capello, of a dark copper color: this he holds at arm's length by the tail, and after allowing it to writhe about in the air for some time, he places the serpent on the floor, still holding it as described.

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Mr. Devonhough, needless to mention, touched it as gingerly as if it had been a glaringly wide awake and aggressively disposed Cobra de Capello.

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Brandu crouched on the floor beside it, and, although the performance was not accompanied by the weird Oriental music which signaled the public appearances of the snake charmer, the tense expression of his face and the uncanniness of the surroundings made it sufficiently impressive, for he was about to handle the cobra de capello, the most venomous snake in all the great collection.

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