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Naja haje
(gcide) | Haje \Ha"je\ (h[aum]"j[-e]), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zool.)
The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the
cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of
inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It
is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra
committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's
snake} or asp. See Asp.
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Naja haje
(gcide) | Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe,
F. aspic.] (Zool.)
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent
countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje.
The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See Haje.
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naja haje
(wn) | Naja haje
n 1: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over
life and death [syn: asp, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje] |
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