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1. cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	cobra,
definition	:	venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus naja, naja,
definition	:	cobras (noun.animal)

2. of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	viper,
definition	:	venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus vipera, vipera,
definition	:	type genus of the Viperidae (noun.animal)