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Plural of cobra

regular plural

The plural of cobra is cobras.

Forms of cobra

Singularcobra /ˈkəʊbɹə/
Pluralcobras
Countablecountable

Cobras in a sentence

  • Little animals from over in India, day kill da snakes, da cobras dere.2005, Michael A. Herr, The Kaua'i Obake Bar: A Primo's Talk Story Book, PublishAmerica, Incorporated, →ISBN, page 117. From the entry mongeese
  • Cobras had nothing to fear from men; their most deadly enemy was the kabaragoya, of which two called our campus home.2009, H. Ronken Lynton, Veiled Destinies, page 52. From the entry kabaragoya
  • India has a healthy share of poisonous snakes, including kraits, cobras, and two species of vipers, yet Hindu traditions are overwhelmingly snake-friendly.2011, Lisa Kemmerer, Animals and World Religions, page 71. From the entry krait

Meaning of cobra

  1. noun Any of the genus Naja of venomous snakes that can spread their neck ribs into a broad hood when threatened; a true cobra.
  2. noun A ring-necked spitting cobra or rinkhals (Hemachatus haemachatus).
  3. noun A king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah).

Full definition of cobra

Questions about the plural of cobra

What is the plural of cobra?
The plural of cobra is cobras.
Is cobra countable?
Cobra is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cobra (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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