cobra de capello

American  

[koh-bruh dee kuh-pel-oh] / ˈkoʊ brə di kəˈpɛl oʊ /

noun

plural

cobras de capello

1. Indian cobra.

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cobra de capello British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of cobra de capello

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.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

One might just as well talk of caressing a cobra de capello; yet this laughable fiction finds believers all over South and North America.

From The Naturalist in La Plata by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

The Nagas, another section of the same superstition, worshipped the cobra de capello as an emblem of the destroying power.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

"On a certain day, when chaunting at the foot of a tree, when a shower of rain fell, a cobra de capello encircled him with its folds and covered his book with its hood."

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir