spitting cobra
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of spitting cobra
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Carse produced a lifter to Usman Khawaja so venomous it could have been a spitting cobra.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
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
Instead, the escape artist turned out to be a type of spitting cobra native to Africa.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 2, 2021
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 Joe Archibald
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