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OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAN

Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiophagus hannan mean?

• OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAN (noun)
The noun OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAN has 1 sense:

1. large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

Familiarity information: OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

king cobra; Naja hannah; Ophiophagus hannan; hamadryad

Hypernyms ("Ophiophagus hannan" is a kind of...):

cobra (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)

Holonyms ("Ophiophagus hannan" is a member of...):

genus Ophiophagus; Ophiophagus (king cobra)

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