cobra de capello

American  

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

noun

cobras de capello plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cobras de capello
  plural

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

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cobra de capello

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

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)

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

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