cobra de capello

[koh-bruh dee kuh-pel-oh]

co·bra de ca·pel·lo

[koh-bruh dee kuh-pel-oh]
noun, plural co·bras de ca·pel·lo.

Origin:
1660–70; < Portuguese: hooded snake (cobra < Latin colubra snake; capello < Late Latin cappellus hood, equivalent to capp(a) cap1 + -ellus elle)
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Cobra de capello has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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cobra de capello (diː kəˈpɛləʊ)
 
n , pl cobras de capello
a cobra, Naja tripudians, that has ringlike markings on the body and exists in many varieties in S and SE Asia

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