cobra capella

English

Noun

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.