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GENUS ASPIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aspis mean?
• GENUS ASPIS (noun)
The noun GENUS ASPIS has 1 sense:
1. horned vipers
Familiarity information: GENUS ASPIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Horned vipers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aspis; genus Aspis; genus Cerastes
Hypernyms ("genus Aspis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aspis"):
cerastes; Cerastes cornutus; horned asp; horned viper; sand viper (highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye)
Holonyms ("genus Aspis" is a member of...):
family Viperidae; Viperidae (Old World vipers)
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