Meanings
nouncobra capella (plural cobra capellas)
plural cobra capellas
- cobra de capello
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.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 1, page 253
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