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Cerastes

Cerastes Meaning & Definition
Cerastes Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cerastes?

[n] highly venomous viper of North Africa and southwest Asia having a horny spine above each eye

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cerastes: Cerastes cornutus | horned asp | horned viper | sand viper

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cerastes:

See Also | Aspis | genus Aspis | genus Cerastes | viper

Cerastes In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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