An alternative or dialectal spelling of cobra, a venomous hooded snake found in Asia and Africa.
Variant spelling of 'cobra,' which comes from Portuguese 'cobra de capelo' (hooded snake), from Latin 'colubra' (snake). This spelling appears in older English texts as a phonetic variant.
The cobra's famous 'hood' isn't actually a rigid structure—it's just expandable neck skin that inflates with muscle control, making it look way bigger and scarier to predators. Pure biological bluffing!
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