Naja haje : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Naja haje	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Naja haje
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Naja haje n cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death Synonym(s): asp, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]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}.