Useful english dictionary. 2012.
horned viper — noun highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye • Syn: ↑cerastes, ↑sand viper, ↑horned asp, ↑Cerastes cornutus • Hypernyms: ↑viper • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Asp (reptile) — Asp is the modern Anglicization of the word Aspis, which in Antiquity referred to any one of several venomous snake species found in the Nile region. It is believed that the Aspis referred to in Egyptian mythology is the modern Egyptian… … Wikipedia
asp — asp1 [asp] n. [ME < OFr aspe < L aspis < Gr; prob. < aspis, shield (in reference to the shape of the hood)] any of several small, poisonous snakes of Africa, Arabia, and Europe, as the horned viper, Egyptian cobra, or a European viper … English World dictionary
Horned lizard — Taxobox name = Horned Lizards image caption = Short horned Lizard regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Sauropsida ordo = Squamata familia = Phrynosomatidae genus = Phrynosoma genus authority = Wiegmann, 1828 subdivision ranks = Species… … Wikipedia
Horned helmet — European Bronze Age and Iron Age helmets with horns are known from a few depictions, and even fewer actual finds. Such helmets mounted with animal horns or replicas of them were probably used for religious ceremonial or ritual purposes.Early… … Wikipedia
Horned Screamer — Taxobox name = Horned Screamer image width = 200px image caption = Horned Screamer ( A. cornuta ) status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 status ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2004|id=47118|title=Anhima cornuta|downloaded=06… … Wikipedia
Horned Parakeet — Taxobox name = Horned Parakeet status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Psittaciformes familia = Psittacidae genus = Eunymphicus species = E. cornutus binomial = Eunymphicus cornutus binomial … Wikipedia
Horned viper — viper vi per (v[imac] p[ e]r), n. [F. vip[ e]re, L. vipera, probably contr. fr. vivipera; vivus alive + parere to bring forth, because it was believed to be the only serpent that brings forth living young. Cf. {Quick}, a., {Parent}, {Viviparous} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
asp — asp1 aspish, adj. /asp/, n. 1. any of several venomous snakes, esp. the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper. 2. Archaeol. uraeus. [1300 50; back formation from ME aspis (taken as pl.) < L < Gk aspís orig., shield] asp2 /asp/, n., adj. aspen. [ … Universalium
asp — I [[t]æsp[/t]] n. 1) ram any of several venomous Eurasian snakes, esp. the horned viper 2) ara uraeus • Etymology: 1300–50; back formation from ME aspis II asp [[t]æsp[/t]] n. adj. pln aspen 1), aspen 2) … From formal English to slang
