KING COBRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does king cobra mean? 

• KING COBRA (noun)
  The noun KING COBRA has 1 sense:

1. large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

  Familiarity information: KING COBRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KING COBRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

hamadryad; king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannah

Hypernyms ("king cobra" is a kind of...):

cobra (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)

Holonyms ("king cobra" is a member of...):

genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus (king cobra)