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Meanings of Naja haje in English

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Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death.

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Examples for "asp"
Examples for "asp"
1
The asp was worshipped by the Egyptians under the name of uræus.
History Of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
2
Cleopatra was aware of this, and begged Charmian to remember the asp.
Cleopatra — Volume 09
3
He had heard that cry, and it stung him like an asp.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
4
An asp which has been in our camp with its poison-fangs hid!
The Days of Mohammed
5
She takes another asp from the basket and brings it to her breast.
Once upon a time in America
1
I kept filming, thinking this moment was like watching a strike-ready royal Egyptian cobra rear its fanned head.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
2
It was an asp, the Egyptian cobra -thesnake that had killed my mother and now came for me.
Song of the Nile
3
A recovered Egyptian cobra is displayed at the Bronx Zoo in this handout photograph taken and released on March 31, 2011.
Reuters