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OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiophagus hannah mean?
• OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH (noun)
The noun OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH has 1 sense:
1. large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
Familiarity information: OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hamadryad; king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannah
Hypernyms ("Ophiophagus hannah" is a kind of...):
cobra (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)
Holonyms ("Ophiophagus hannah" is a member of...):
genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus (king cobra)
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