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Noun: cerastes  si'ras-teez
  1. Highly venomous viper of northern Africa and southwestern Asia having a horny spine above each eye
    - horned viper, sand viper, horned asp, Cerastes cornutus

Type of: viper

Part of: Aspis, genus Aspis, genus Cerastes

Encyclopedia: Cerastes