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Definition of Naja haje
1. Noun. Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naja Haje
Literary usage of Naja haje
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poisons: their effects and detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1895)
"The Venom of Naja haje (Cleopatra's Asp).—It has been stated that 20000 persons
annually die in Ceylon from the bite of Cleopatra's asp. Graziani (Rif. ..."
2. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1915)
"The serpent referred to is without doubt the Naja haje, or small hooded Egyptian
cobra, ... There are about ten different species, of which the Naja haje, ..."
3. A cyclopædia of biblical literature, ed. by J. Kitto edited by John Kitto (1845)
"the naja haje of Egypt, the undoubted ... have been the Hebrew name, or at least
one of the names, of the naja haje, el haje, and haje nacher, of the Arabs. ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1899)
"... rigidity of the Egyptian snake Naja haje, which is produced by a slight pressore
of the neck below the swelling of the bead when in a striking attitude, ..."
5. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"The poisonous snakes of the country are the following : the cobra (Naja haje),
and four vipérine snakes, two true vipers, ..."
6. Medical Symbolism in Connection with Historical Studies in the Arts of by Thomas S. Sozinskey (1891)
"In this connection it is well to say, that the naja haje, naia, or asp, the
serpent shown in the cut of the brazen serpent, was the species always, ..."
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