Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cerastes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cerastes \Ce*ras"tes\, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. ?
horned, fr. ? horn.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale
over each eye; the horned viper.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cerastes
n : highly venomous viper of North Africa and southwest Asia
having a horny spine above each eye [syn: {horned viper},
{sand viper}, {horned asp}, {Cerastes cornutus}]
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