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haje
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haje, n. [Ar. hayya snake.].
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]
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