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Asp (snake)
Venomous snake found in the Nile region / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Anglicised word for various species of snake. For the species known as the "European asp", see Vipera aspis.
"Asp" is the modern anglicisation of the word "aspis", which in antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region.[1] The specific epithet, aspis, is a Greek word that means "viper".[2] It is believed that aspis referred to what is now known as the Egyptian cobra.[3]
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