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asp  (sp)

n.

Any of several venomous snakes of Africa, Asia, and Europe, such as the small cobra (Naja haje) or the horned viper (Cerastes cornutus).

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[Middle English aspis, from Latin, from Greek.]

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asp

Noun

a small viper of S Europe [Greek aspis]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	asp - of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder asp viper, Vipera aspis viper - venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw genus Vipera, Vipera - type genus of the Viperidae
	2.	asp - cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death Egyptian cobra, Naja haje genus Naja, Naja - cobras cobra - venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood

Translations

asp [æsp] n → áspid m

asp [æsp] n → aspic m

asp [æsp] n → Natter f

asp [æsp] n → cobra m inv egiziano