KING COBRA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

hamadryad; king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannah

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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