GENUS ASPIS

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Meaning:

Horned vipers

Synonyms:

Aspis; genus Aspis; genus Cerastes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)