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noun
A type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Commonwealth spelling
Topics: Egyptology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Egyptian wꜣs (“was-sceptre, rule”), compounded with sceptre.
