cerastes

2 definitions found

cerastes - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cerastes \Ce*ras"tes\, n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr.
     kera`sths horned, fr. ke`ras horn.] (Zool.)
     A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale
     over each eye; the horned viper.
     [1913 Webster]

cerastes - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cerastes
      n 1: highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern
           Asia having a horny spine above each eye [syn: horned viper
           , cerastes, sand viper, horned asp, Cerastes cornutus
           ]