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cerastes

Noun

ce=ras=tes

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cerastes(n = noun.animal) cerastes cornutus, horned asp, horned viper, sand viper - highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye; Array

is a kind of viper

is a member of aspis, genus aspis, genus cerastes

cerastes, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. kera`sths horned, fr. ke`ras horn.].

A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper. [1913 Webster]

cerastes, n. any viper of the genus Cerastes, esp. C. cerastes having a sharp upright spike over each eye and moving forward in a lateral motion.

Etymology

L f. Gk kerastes f. keras horn

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