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Aspis

noun

horned vipers

• Syn: ↑genus Cerastes, ↑genus Aspis

• Hypernyms: ↑reptile genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Viperidae, ↑family Viperidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑horned viper, ↑cerastes, ↑sand viper, ↑horned asp, ↑Cerastes cornutus

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\\ˈaspə̇s, ˈaas-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, asp, viper, from Greek

: a genus of vipers including the horned viper and related hornless forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.