a highly venomous African or Asian snake that spreads the skin of its neck into a hood when disturbed

a yoga pose assumed by lying on one's stomach and raising one's upper body so as to curve it backwards, using one's arms and hands for support

as you do the cobra, make sure you are not overextending the lower back

(in the UK) a government committee that is specially convened as a result of a major emergency in order to coordinate the response of the various government departments and agencies responsible for handling the situation

another meeting of the emergency COBRA committee will be held today to discuss how to tackle the floods

a COBRA meeting