A brownish cobra with an orange-cream throat patch, native to southern Asia. It is the largest of all venomous snakes.
眼镜王蛇。亦称HAMADRYAD
Ophiophagus hannah, family Elapidae
Also called hamadryad
Example sentencesExamples
They soon came to a passageway, and as they marched along the corridor, Miri noticed the large king cobra followed on the heels of the Prophet just as a dog follows its master.
On her tail was a snake-like demon that stood about human-height, with arms stretching nearly to the floor, and a curved, hood of a head, much like that of a king cobra.
A king cobra's nest was discovered on May 1 near the house of Mogappa, a coffee and cardamom grower, near Kumarahalli Bachahalli in Kodagu.
‘I think you'd better speak to my husband,’ she said with a cold stare that would have petrified a king cobra.
Likening his unblinking stare to a king cobra on the verge of striking, she notes that Pirabhakaran had ‘gone taut, all ready to spring.’
Definition of king cobra in US English:
king cobra
nounkiNG ˈkōbrə
A brownish cobra with an orange-cream throat patch, native to southern Asia. It is the largest of all venomous snakes.
眼镜王蛇。亦称HAMADRYAD
Ophiophagus hannah, family Elapidae
Also called hamadryad
Example sentencesExamples
Likening his unblinking stare to a king cobra on the verge of striking, she notes that Pirabhakaran had ‘gone taut, all ready to spring.’
A king cobra's nest was discovered on May 1 near the house of Mogappa, a coffee and cardamom grower, near Kumarahalli Bachahalli in Kodagu.
They soon came to a passageway, and as they marched along the corridor, Miri noticed the large king cobra followed on the heels of the Prophet just as a dog follows its master.
On her tail was a snake-like demon that stood about human-height, with arms stretching nearly to the floor, and a curved, hood of a head, much like that of a king cobra.
‘I think you'd better speak to my husband,’ she said with a cold stare that would have petrified a king cobra.