English dictionary
haje
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noun
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The Egyptian asp or cobra (<i>Naja haje</i>.) 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 <i>Cleopatra's snake</i> or <i>asp</i>. See <u>Asp</u>.
Source: webster1913