cobra capella

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cobra capella (plural cobra capellas)

  1. cobra de capello
    • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 1, page 253:
      When a Hindoo has killed or ill-treated an ape, a bird of prey of a certain kind, or a cobra capella, in the presence of the worshippers of Vishnu, he must expiate his offence by the pretended sacrifice and resurrection of a human being.
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