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cerastes
[ suh-ras-teez ]
noun
- any of several small vipers of the genus Cerastes, including the horned viper, that have a sideways looping motion like that of a sidewinder and inhabit deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia.
cerastes
/ səˈræstiːz /
noun
- any venomous snake of the genus Cerastes, esp the horned viper
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Example Sentences
He is called the cerastes, and is venomous, I believe, though not one of the worst kinds of poisonous snakes.
In fine, madam, if examples can soothe your grief, remember that Venus changed Cerastes into an ox.
At a relatively late period other snakes were adopted as surrogates of the cobra and Cerastes.
The cerastes is also employed occasionally by the snake-charmers.
The name Cerastes, or horned, has been given to it on account of these projections.
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