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Asp
Asp
(ȧsp)
, Noun.
[L.
aspis
, fr. Gr. ἀσπίς
: cf. OF. aspe
, F. aspic
.] (Zool.)
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
. {
Asp′en
(ăs′pĕn)
, Asp
(ȧsp)
, } Noun.
[AS.
æsp
, æps
; akin to OHG. aspa
, Icel. ösp
, Dan. æsp
, Sw. asp
, D. esp
, G. espe
, äspe
, aspe
; cf. Lettish apsa
, Lith. apuszis
.] (Bot.)
One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the
Populus tremula
, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.