The Chinese word 眼镜蛇 (yǎnjìngshé) for "cobra" is a logical compound formed through descriptive morphology: it combines 眼镜 (yǎnjìng, meaning "eyeglasses," itself a compound of 眼 "eye" and 镜 "mirror/lens") with 蛇 (shé, "snake"). The term is a direct visual metaphor, referring to the snake's distinctive hood markings that resemble the shape of a pair of eyeglasses when viewed from the front, hence creating the meaning "eyeglasses snake."