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Definition of Genus Naja
1. Noun. Cobras.
Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Elapidae, Family Elapidae
Member holonyms: Indian Cobra, Naja Naja, Asp, Egyptian Cobra, Naja Haje, Black-necked Cobra, Naja Nigricollis, Spitting Cobra
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Naja
Literary usage of Genus Naja
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"... the chief characteristic of the genus Naja, namely, that of forming a hood or
disc, constitutes an immediate link between the genera Bungarus and Naja. ..."
2. A cyclopædia of biblical literature, ed. by J. Kitto edited by John Kitto (1845)
"3, and declared to be derived from a verb implying ' to bend back upon oneself—a
characteristic which most, if not all, of the species of the genus Naja ..."
3. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1905)
"In habits and structural relationships, several genera of snakes closely approach
the serpents of the genus Naja. These are the species of the African genus ..."
4. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1831)
"Laurenti was the first who established the genus Naja, comprising two very
celebrated species of serpents, the Cobra di Capello Naja of the Indians ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... of which one genus (Naja) extends from the west coast of Africa to Borneo.
But these resemblances are fully counterbalanced by great differences in ..."
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