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EGYPTIAN COBRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian cobra mean?
• EGYPTIAN COBRA (noun)
The noun EGYPTIAN COBRA has 1 sense:
1. cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN COBRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
asp; Egyptian cobra; Naja haje
Hypernyms ("Egyptian cobra" is a kind of...):
cobra (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)
Holonyms ("Egyptian cobra" is a member of...):
genus Naja; Naja (cobras)
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