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Horned viper
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cerastes
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Cerastes is a genus of small, venomous vipers found in the deserts and semi-deserts of northern North Africa eastward through Arabia and Iran . Three species are currently recognized by "ITIS" (Integrated Taxonomic Information System), and an additional ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cerastes \Ce*ras"tes\, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. kera`sths horned, fr. ke`ras horn.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye [syn: horned viper , sand viper , horned asp , Cerastes cornutus ]
Usage examples of cerastes.
If this palace had doors of blue stone mixed with the horns of the cerastes, which prevented anyone entering from bringing poison inside, and windows of a stone that allowed the passing of light.
Then he stopped relying on his memory and on the authority of Thomas, and began seeing doors of sardonyx mixed with horns of the cerastes, which prevent passersby from introducing poison into the building, and windows of crystal, tables of gold on columns of ivory, lights nourished with balsam, and the king's bed of sapphire, to preserve chastity, becausethe Poet concludedthis John may be a king all right, but he is also a priest and so, as for women, nothing doing.