NAJA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Naja mean? 

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

1. cobras

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAJA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cobras

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Naja; Naja

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Naja" is a member of...):

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

 Context examples 

However, in the study, Senji Laxme from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and colleagues show that the antivenom used in India works only against the ‘big four’ — the common krait (Bungarus caeruleus), spectacled cobra (Naja naja), saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus) and Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) — but not against several other medically important species.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)

The researchers studied the venom composition, activities and toxicities of India’s neglected venomous snake species, including the monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), Sochurek's saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus sochureki), banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus), and Sind krait, and found that the standard Indian antivenom had disturbing deficiencies.

(‘India needs region-specific snakebite antivenoms’, SciDev.Net)