Horned vipers (4 letters)

{ Answer }

ASPS

{ Related Clues }

Cobras
Ophidians
Snakes
Vipers
African snakes
Aswan hissers
Cairo cobras
Cleopatra's snakes
Cleo's snakes
Dangerous slitherers
Egyptian cobras
Egyptian lowlife?
Egyptian slitherers
Egyptian snakes
Herpetologists' subjects
Hieroglyph images
Hieroglyphics creatures
Hooded menaces
Kin of daboias
Nasty vipers
Nile menaces
Nile serpents
Nile snakes
Poisonous snakes
Egyptian symbols of royalty
Killers near Cairo
N. African menaces
Old symbols of royalty
Ones with natural curls?
Sacred symbols at Thebes
Ancient Egyptian royal emblems
"? the cruel venom of ___": Deut. 32
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" menaces
Reptiles of the genus Naja haje
Their bite means "Good night"

{ Tags }

asps, biters, cobras, creatures, daboias, egyptian, horned, killers, kin, menaces, nile, old, poisonous, reptiles, royalty, sacred, slitherers, snakes, symbols, venomous, vipers

{ Notes }

The answer ASPS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ASP as a noun:

1. (asp, asp viper, Vipera aspis) = of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

2. (asp, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje) = cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death