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OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiophagus hannah mean? 

OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH (noun)
  The noun OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH (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 ("Ophiophagus hannah" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Ophiophagus hannah" is a member of...):

genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus (king cobra)


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