cobra UK /ˈkəʊbɹə/US /ˈkoʊbɹə/noun 10forms 1 noun10 •Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra. •Certain other snakes of the family Elapidae. •A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus). •A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah). •A tree cobra (genus Pseudohaje). •A shield-nosed cobra/coral cobra (genus Aspidelaps). •A black desert cobra (genus Walterinnesia). •An American cobra (Micrurus fulvius). •A false water cobra, Hydrodynastes gigas. •A type of lanyard knot, thought to resemble a snake in its shape. formscobras
COBRA noun2 •(UK) A cabinet committee meeting that would use a COBR room •(UK) A cabinet committee that would meet using a COBR room formsCOBRAs