/ˈæspɪs/
OriginFrom Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís).
- historicalA type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers.
“"shield both large and tough" has never said that aspides are small and weak […]”
- archaicAn asp or generic venomous snake
“Flesh dipped in the sea Ægeum will never be sweet; the herb Trigion being once bit with an aspis never groweth, and conscience once stained with innocent blood is always tied to a guilty remorse.”
- A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain
“As might be expected, characters of the aspides themselves are not of much value in pollen identification, but they are easily recognized and many three-pored, aspidate grains are broadly categorized ”
Formsaspides(plural)