CERASTES

cerastes. Cerastes, n. a kind of serpent, a horned serpent

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‖Ce‐ras″tes (?), n. [[L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. κεράστησ horned, fr. κέρασ horn.]] (Zoöl.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.