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cerapteryx graminis |
cerargyrite |
ceras |
cerasin |
cerasinous |
cerastes
| cerastes cornutus
| cerastium
| cerastium alpinum
| cerastium arvense
| cerastium tomentosum
cerastes
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun cerastes has 1 sense
- 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
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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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