Naja haje

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Naja haje
    n 1: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over
         life and death [syn: {asp}, {Egyptian cobra}, {Naja haje}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Haje \Ha"je\ (h[aum]"j[-e]), n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zool.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: 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}.
   [1913 Webster]

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