Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very venomous serpent of India and Ceylon: same as
cobra-monil .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A very venomous viper (
Daboia Russellii ), native of Ceylon and India; -- called alsocobra monil .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A very
venomous viper (Daboia russellii), native toCeylon andIndia .
Etymologies
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Native name.
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Examples
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"There are a few poisonous snakes; and the two worst are the cobra and the ticpolonga, the latter a sort of viper; and the former is an old friend of yours, Mr. McGavonty.
Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East Oliver Optic 1859
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