"sand asp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sand asps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sand asp (plural sand asps)
  1. The horned viper or sand viper (Vipera ammodytes). Wikipedia link: sand viper Categories (lifeform): Colubrid snakes, Vipers

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