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spitting cobra

noun

  1. any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.


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Origin of spitting cobra1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking new snakebite treatment to prevent the devastating tissue damage caused by African spitting cobra venom.

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The zoo is home to species including an African grey parrot, a vervet monkey, giant lizards known as Nile monitors, a desert tortoise, a horned viper snake and a Nubian spitting cobra.

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They had been bitten by a highly venomous species of spitting cobra native to Mozambique.

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Instead, the escape artist turned out to be a type of spitting cobra native to Africa.

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Forget about the arm for a minute, that implausibly strong, tensile, spitting cobra of an arm.

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