"spitting cobra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spitting cobras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=spitting cobra}} spitting cobra (plural spitting cobras)
  1. Any of various cobras of the genus Naja that can spit venom. Wikipedia link: spitting cobra Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes Synonyms: spitter [slang] Translations (cobra that spits venom): cobra escopidora [feminine] (Catalan), mamba (Chichewa), gorongo (Dyula), Speikobra [feminine] (German), kobra plująca [feminine] (Polish), swila (Swahili), ejo ọwun (english: black-necked spitting cobra) (Yoruba)

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