asp
noun/æsp/
Frequency rank: #12,352 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
A small, venomous snake found in North Africa and parts of Europe.
Example sentence
The ancient Egyptian queen reportedly died from the bite of a venomous asp.
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