GENUS NAJA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Naja mean? 

• GENUS NAJA (noun)
  The noun GENUS NAJA has 1 sense:

1. cobras

  Familiarity information: GENUS NAJA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS NAJA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cobras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Naja; Naja

Hypernyms ("genus Naja" is a kind of...):

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Naja"):

Indian cobra; Naja naja (a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia)

asp; Egyptian cobra; Naja haje (cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death)

black-necked cobra; Naja nigricollis; spitting cobra (aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness)

Holonyms ("genus Naja" is a member of...):

Elapidae; family Elapidae (cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes)