Naja


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Noun1.Naja - cobrasNaja - cobras          
reptile genus - a genus of reptiles
Elapidae, family Elapidae - cobras; kraits; mambas; coral snakes; Australian taipan and tiger snakes
Indian cobra, Naja naja - a cobra of tropical Africa and Asia
Egyptian cobra, Naja haje, asp - cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
black-necked cobra, Naja nigricollis, spitting cobra - aggressive cobra widely distributed in Africa; rarely bites but spits venom that may cause blindness
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The Chorus of Refugees, led by Naja, emerges from the darkness.
"The funds NAJA have provided for my education have helped me to pursue my dreams in journalism," said Brascoupe, who completed internships with Aboriginal Voices Radio and Omni Television in Toronto and a recent placement at The Eastern Door newspaper in Kahnawake.
The new material is Del Naja's baby and the tone only softens when Marshall or Andy chip in with vocals.
But they have subsequently proved to be a related new species and have been named Naja nubiae, the Nubian cobra, a spokeswoman said.
We purified mocarhagin from the crude venom of the snake Naja mossambica mossambica for its heparin binding properties according to De Luca et al.
Naja herself had no need to prove anything; even the smallest detail of her personality did that without any effort on her part.
The NAJA will also mark what DeMain calls "the birth of Native American journalism"--the 1828 founding of the bilingual Cherokee Phoenix in a town about 80 miles northwest of Atlanta.
Asian cobra including Naja naja (Figure 1) species in Sri Lanka, which taxonomically belongs to family Elapidae, is well known for its envenomation cases due to its unique haemorrhagic, hemolytic, inflammatory, and necrotic effects on different organs leading to multiple organ failure [6].
"Thirty-six passenger gates at Terminal E were taken down to their concrete framework and rebuilt into the modern and efficient space you see today," said Khaled Naja, DFW's executive vice president of infrastructure and development.
It is thought to be confirmation that Banksy, know for his thoughtprovoking murals, is his friend Robert Del Naja - a member of dance group Massive Attack.