cobra chicken

noun

A Canada goose (Branta canadensis).

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nouncobra chicken (plural cobra chickens)

plural cobra chickens

  1. CanadaUShumorousslangA Canada goose (Branta canadensis).

    And yeah, it's totally fitting that Alana would have a flock of Cobra Chickens to protect her security company.

    2024, Meg Fitzpatrick, Sins and Secrets, unnumbered page
    2 more examples

    But as much as I wanted to let her chase down the cobra chicken like it was hunting season, this was the middle of the summer.

    2020 December 29, Randy King, “What's Good For The Goose”, in Northwest Sportsman, volume 13, number 3, page 143

    Finn loved this kid and marveled at how quickly she calmed down. He didn't want to let her out of his sight ever again, even to go outside and feed cobra chickens.

    2023, H. S. Torben, Flying Fluke, unnumbered page

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
canada goose

Origin

From a likening of the bird to a cobra due to its tendency to warn off threats by rearing its long-necked head and hissing.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

cobra chicken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobra%20chicken

MLA

“cobra chicken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobra%20chicken. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cobra chicken,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cobra%20chicken.

Source: cobra chicken on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.