【医】 埃及眼镜蛇, 杵蛇

[ noun ]
cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
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Haje \Ha"je\ (h[aum]"j[-e]), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.


Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe,
F. aspic.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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