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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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asp¹

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the venomous snake, probably Naja haje (Egyptian cobra), that caused the death of Cleopatra and was formerly used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death See also uraeus

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called asp viper a viper, Vipera aspis, that occurs in S Europe and is very similar to but smaller than the adder

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)

horned asp another name for horned viper

[from Latin aspis, from Greek]

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asp²

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an archaic name for the aspen

[Old English æspe; related to Old Norse ösp, Old High German aspa]

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

asp¹ [æsp] N → áspid(e) m

asp [ˈæsp] n (= snake) → aspic m

asp

n (Zool) → Natter f

asp [æsp] n (poisonous snake) → aspide m (Zool) → cobra m inv egiziano