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 →

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 →
• A king cobra is the longest venomous snake in the world. tree →
• Cobras live in hot parts of Africa and Asia. tree →
• The spitting cobra can shoot venom at its enemies. tree →
• In the story, the mongoose fought the cobra. tree →
• The zookeeper fed the cobra from behind thick glass. tree →
• When the cobra runs for her life, she goes like a whip-lash flicked across a horse’s neck. tree →

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.
• A mother king cobra builds a nest of leaves for her eggs, which almost no other snake does.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cobra» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.