cobra de capello
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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. ) )
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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
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
"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
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