co·bra
noun/ˈkəʊbrə/
/ˈkəʊbrə/
- a poisonous snake that can spread the skin at the back of its neck to make itself look bigger. Cobras live in Asia and Africa.
enlarge image眼镜蛇（毒蛇，分布于亚洲和非洲） Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Portuguese cobra de capello, literally ‘snake with hood’, based on Latin colubra ‘snake’.