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# cobra

«cobra» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large, very poisonous snake from Africa and Asia that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a cobra, cobras)

### meaning for a pupil

A cobra is a large, very poisonous snake from Africa and Asia that can spread the skin of its neck into a wide hood when it is in danger or angry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons cobras are an example of venomous reptiles; some can spit venom into the eyes of an enemy. In stories, a cobra rising and spreading its hood is a sign of danger; snake charmers play music to cobras. Safety: never go near a wild snake. Phrases: king cobra, spitting cobra, the cobra's hood.

### examples

- The cobra raised its head and spread its hood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x1)
- A king cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x2)
- Cobras live in hot parts of Africa and Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x3)
- The spitting cobra can shoot venom at its enemies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x4)
- In the story, the mongoose fought the cobra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x5)
- The zookeeper fed the cobra from behind thick glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x6)
- When the cobra runs for her life, she goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse’s neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/#x7)

### note

Countable: a cobra, cobras. Pronounced KOH-bra. Cobras are «venomous» (they bite to inject venom), which people often call «poisonous». Myth: snakes are not really charmed by the music; they follow the movement of the pipe.

### In the corpora

- [Cobras, mambas, vipers and rattlesnakes are the famous ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/1/)
- [A mother king cobra builds a nest of leaves for her eggs, which almost no other snake does.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/322-snakes-to-keep-away-from-cobras-mambas-vipers-and-rattlesnakes/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cobra» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cobra/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.