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.
2 Cleopatra was aware of this, and begged Charmian to remember the asp .
3 He had heard that cry, and it stung him like an asp .
4 An asp which has been in our camp with its poison-fangs hid!
5 She takes another asp from the basket and brings it to her breast.
1 I kept filming, thinking this moment was like watching a strike-ready royal Egyptian cobra rear its fanned head.
2 It was an asp, the Egyptian cobra -thesnake that had killed my mother and now came for me.
3 A recovered Egyptian cobra is displayed at the Bronx Zoo in this handout photograph taken and released on March 31, 2011.
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